Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald 04-04-2024

The Ades family at a gas station after they survived 36 hours of Hamas attacks on their

From left were Ori, 7, Shir, 5, Amit, Tomer and Ellie, 1.

Survivors of Kfar Aza, an Israeli kibbutz, speak in Lynbrook

Amit and Tomer Ades decorated their home in the beginning of October to celebrate their son’s fifth birthday. What they didn’t prepare for was celebrating his birthday in a safe room while hearing gunfire outside draw closer and closer.

Oct. 7 was a dreadful day for the Ades family and their kibbutz, Kfar Aza, in Israel. Amit and Tomer, along with their three children, Ori, 7, Shir, 5, and Ellie, 1, narrowly escaped Hamas’ attack on their community, which is about a mile from the Gaza border. On March 17, neighbors gathered at Temple Am Echad, in Lynbrook, to listen to Amit and Tomer recount their harrowing experience.

They came to Lynbrook via a campaign with Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, a private, modern Orthodox Jewish day school in New York City. The campaign, dubbed the “Kfar Aza Awareness Campaign,” sponsored Amit and Tomer to travel to the states and talk about their experience.

When Tova Markowitz, a close friend of a family member of Amit and Tomer, heard that they were coming to speak in the United States at universities, law firms and community centers, she suggested that they should speak in her community, at the Lynbrook temple. The last-minute trip to Lynbrook last month drew a large crowd, as locals learned about the horrors that Amit and Tomer had

Forecast calls for sun with a passing moon

East Rockaway students are gearing up for an astronomical event that won’t happen in the local area again for over 50 years.

The total solar eclipse will cross North America April 8, entering southwestern Texas at 12:23 CDT and exiting Maine at 4:40 EDT. Parts of northern New York will be in the path of totality where the moon will completely cover the sun and cause day to become night for about four minutes at 3:20 p.m. On Long Island, only about 90% of the sun will be covered by the moon, which is enough for ninth graders to receive an hour-long, interactive lesson on the eclipse.

We wanted to do this so the students can get a handson experience in engaging with a natural phenomenon that is not going to happen in our area for quite some time.

Dame Forbes, science department chairperson for the district, said. “And we wanted to do this so the students can get a hands-on experience in engaging with a natural phenomenon that is not going to happen in our area for quite some time.”

Forbes explained that the next total solar eclipse to happen in New York will happen again in 2079. This is why she wanted to give the students an opportunity to not only experience the event, but also better understand their coursework by seeing what they’re learning in their textbooks come to life.

DAmE FoRBEs Science department chair, East Rockaway schools

“All of our ninth graders are taking earth science and we felt that this would be a really strong tie to the curriculum,”

“We’re basically going to have the kids go outside and safely observe the solar eclipse using certified glasses for solar eclipse viewing,” Brian Crowley, East Rockaway High School earth science teacher, said. “While they’re doing that, they’re going to be COnTinuEd

Students enter school with bagpipe serenade

On March 15, students at East Rockaway’s Rhame Avenue School got into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit, as they were welcomed to school surrounded by the sounds of a bagpipe serenade.

Bagpiper Joe Beyrer played outside the school’s main entrance as parents dropped off their kids. Many stopped to enjoy the music and take photos with Beyrer as he continued to perform Irish classics for the excited families.

After the musical welcome, Beyrer

Bagpiper Joe Beyrer

visited the fourth graders and taught them about the history of bagpipes, what all the parts are called, and about the traditional outfit, including how your family name determines what color your kilt — or balmoral — should be.

To close out the celebration, Beyrer was joined by Principal Jack Bixhorn for a bagpipe parade through the halls.

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Easter Bunny laid colorful eggs at Memorial Park

The East Rockaway Village Board hosted the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Memorial Park last Saturday.

Kids participated in fun games, crafts, and tested their skills to earn candy-filled eggs. The park erupted in games such as bunny hole, carrot toss, pin the tail on the bunny, egg and spoon challenge, cottontail croquet, and springtime scavenger hunt. After collecting their eggs, participants decorated them in bright, spring colors.

Camila Alvarado, 2, trying to get first place in the Easter egg and spoon race.

Locals gather at Greis Park for annual egg hunt

Neighbors hopped on by Greis Park last Saturday to celebrate Easter.

Dozens partook in the annual Easter egg hunt, played various games, and enjoyed some giveaways. Following the egg hunt, community members had the opportunity to take pictures with the Easter Bunny. Kids went home with candy and smiles on their faces as this event kick started the Easter festivities.

Keeping Lynbrook beautiful: A call for community action

In an effort to maintain the pristine beauty of the Village of Lynbrook, the Lynbrook Police Department is reaching out to the community for assistance. Recent patrols have revealed an alarming increase in litter both on the roadways and private properties, and they are urging residents to help combat this issue.

While the Department of Public Works diligently dispatches street sweepers daily to keep the roadways clean, the problem extends beyond these public spaces. Private properties and the public spaces in front of them have become a focal point for accumulating litter, which isn’t addressed by the daily cleaning efforts of the Department of Public Works.

The Village of Lynbrook has a clear mandate in place, as outlined in village code 154-16. This code stipulates that all property owners and individuals in charge of both commercial and residential properties are responsible for keeping their premises free of litter. This legal requirement underscores the community’s collective responsibility to maintain the cleanliness and beauty of the village.

The Lynbrook Police Department is calling on everyone in the community to join forces in preserving the charm of their beloved village. By working together to keep the streets, sidewalks, and private properties clean, Lynbrook can remain a place of natural beauty for all its residents to enjoy.

There are several steps residents can take to contribute to this communal effort:

1. Dispose of Trash Properly: Always make use of designated trashcans and recycling bins when discarding waste.

2. Educate Others: Spread awareness of the village code among fellow residents and business owners to ensure everyone is aware of their responsibility.

3. Lead by Example: Maintain your property free from litter to set a positive example for others.

By collectively taking action, everyone can uphold Lynbrook’s reputation as a pristine and inviting locale. Let’s work together to ensure that the village remains a clean and beautiful place for all to enjoy.

— Contributed by Chief Brian Paladino

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Lynbrook first responders on scene of car accident last Friday

Lynbrook police officers and Lynbrook Fire Chiefs responded to a reported auto accident and overturn with the driver trapped last Friday at 5:30 PM on Merrick Road just west of Hempstead Avenue. The female driver allegedly hit a parked Jeep parked in the no parking zone west of the intersection and flipped her mini-van. The first arriving police

According to the New York State Bar Association, “medical aid in dying is a medical practice that has been adopted in ten US jurisdictions (WA, MT, VT, CA, CO, D.C., HI, ME, NJ, NM) that allows a terminally ill, mentally capable adult with a prognosis of six months or less to live to request from their doctor a prescription for medication they can decide to self-ingest to die peacefully in their sleep.” New York’s MAID law will be considered by the legislature this year. Protections in the proposed law include (1) a requirement that two physicians confrm the person is terminally ill with a prognosis of six months or less months to live, (2) the individual is informed of palliative care and hospice options, (3) there is a mandatory mental health evaluation if either physician has any concerns about the person’s mental capacity, (4) the request be in writing witnessed by two people, neither of whom stand to beneft from the person’s estate, and (5) anyone attempting to coerce a person will face criminal prosecution.

officers were able to pull the driver from the vehicle through the broken front windshield. She was treated by paramedics from a Northwell Health ambulance and transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Police diverted traffic off Merrick Road for over an hour.

— Contributed by Steve Grogan

MAID is inextricably tied to hospice and palliative care, of which a core value is patient dignity and autonomy. New York ranks last in the country for hospice utilization due to health providers failing to provide information and counseling on these end of life options. Options will now be required to be discussed under a provision requiring “informed consent”.

Public and organizational support for MAID is widespread.

Gallup reports that 74% of US adults believe that doctors should be allowed to end the life of a patient with an incurable disease “by some painless means”. By a margin of 50% to 26% New York physicians support MAID. Taking into account the sensibilities of those health professionals who oppose MAID (formerly known as “physician assisted suicide”) on moral or religious grounds, by allowing them to opt out without penalty, the proposed law will offer an end to needless end of life pain and suffering for countless New Yorkers.

Greenfield named as honoree of Mount Sinai’s golf outing

Jeffrey Greenfield, a prominent Long Island business leader in Lynbrook, longtime supporter of Mount Sinai South Nassau, vice chair of the Nassau County Planning Commission, and member of the Rockville Centre Fire Department, has been named honoree of the Mount Sinai South Nassau’s 40th Annual Golf Outing to be held Monday, May 13.

The largest annual hospital golf fundraiser on Long Island will be held at three prestigious and challenging golf venues: The Seawane Club, Hewlett Harbor; Rockaway Hunting Club, Lawrence; and Rockville Links Club, Rockville Centre. All net proceeds will benefit Mount Sinai South Nassau with a portion of the funds dedicated to helping patients of the hospital’s cancer program.

Greenfield previously served as volunteer cochair of the hospital’s 45-member golf outing committee.

“Jeff is a loyal friend to the hospital and has been committed to our growth and success,” Adhi Sharma, MD, President of Mount Sinai South Nassau, said in a release. “He often reminds us that he was born at South Nassau, so our hospital is part of his life story. His dedication and selfless work, including his many years as CoChair of the hospital’s Golf Outing, inspires the Mount Sinai South Nassau staff, and we are grateful for his support.”

gram to help patients prevent hair loss during chemotherapy as well as a program to provide free rides for lowincome patients to cancer-related medical appointments at the hospital’s Gertrude and Louis Feil Cancer Center.

“For me, there is no greater honor than this,” Greenfield said in a release.

“I have seen South Nassau grow from a small community hospital to a regional medical center with advanced services. This is my hospital and my community, and I am proud of this honor.”

A managing partner of the NGL Group in Lynbrook, Greenfield serves on Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Advisory Board and is the immediate past co-chair of the annual Golf Outing Committee. An active member of the insurance community for nearly 50 years, he has been a member of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., which he served as its vice president from 1992 to 1993, first vice president from 1993 to 1994, and president from 1994 to 1995. In addition, he is an active member and past honoree of the UJA, Insurance Division.

Golf Committee Chair Tony Cancellieri noted that Greenfield’s work with the golf committee helped increase the number of golfers participating in the annual event, while garnering the support of dozens of local businesses through golf outing sponsorships. Last year’s outing established a new record for the event, raising a gross amount of $723,335.

“Jeff Greenfield is a great friend who has been involved in community affairs for four decades,” Cancellieri said in a release. “His work with the Rockville Centre Community Fund and as a Planning Board member are just two of his noteworthy efforts. He often appears before local governmental authorities as a ‘Citizen Taxpayer’ to advocate for common-sense solutions to the many challenges his fellow residents face here on Long Island. His leadership of the hospital’s Golf Outing has helped grow the event and increase donations to advance the hospital’s mission.”

In addition to supporting Mount Sinai South Nassau’s ongoing growth and expansion to improve health care services for South Shore residents, a portion of the funds raised will also benefit the hospital’s cancer patients, including the no-cost “Cold Cap” pro -

Greenfield served 20 years — 16 years as Chair — as a member of the Village of Rockville Centre Board of Zoning Appeals; was appointed to the Nassau County Planning Commission in 2002 by former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi; and was appointed by the New York State Senate in 2013 to the Long Island Power Authority Board of Trustees, where he serves as a liaison between the Authority and community.

After serving 10 years as a board member and officer of Temple B’nai Sholom, he was its president for two terms. He also has served as President of The Seawane Club. Additionally, he has been President of the Kiwanis Club, a trustee for the Village of Rockville Centre, and a member of the Rockville Centre Fire Department for more than 45 years.

The first recipient of the Sunrise Association’s Joe Weksler Memorial Service Award, Greenfield also serves on the Board of Directors for Molloy University.

Greenfield and his wife, Pearl, are residents of Rockville Centre. They are the parents of two children, Mitch and Jill, and are the proud grandparents of three.

Outing sponsorships, journal ads, and foursomes are available, as well as a pickleball tournament for those who do not golf. For more information about sponsorship packages or to register for golf or pickleball, call (516) 377-5360 or email lynne.nordone@snch.org.

Hofstra seeks repeat conference title

Hofstra’s softball team is seeking an encore from the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2018 last season with many new faces.

Led largely by five veteran fifth-year players, the Pride punched its NCAA Tournament ticket with a dramatic 5-4 walk-off conference title win in the bottom of the seventh inning against Towson after trailing by one entering the final frame. Hofstra was picked to finish third in the Coastal Athletic Association this season and coach Adrienne Clark is hoping her team is once again positioned for some postseason magic.

“Anytime you yield success it is motivating for the incoming class,” said Clark, who as a Hofstra player led the Pride to four straight CAA titles from 2002-05.

Hofstra got a big confidence boost it can go toe-to-toe with the nation’s best when it battled then 12th-ranked Missouri on March 26 at home and took the SEC power to extra innings before falling 2-1. The late afternoon game against Missouri, which is coached by former Hofstra coach Larissa Anderson, came immediately after the Tigers crushed Fordham 20-0 on the same field that afternoon.

“Having a top 25 team come here and have that game at home was really incredible,” said Clark, who played for Anderson when she was an assistant coach at Hofstra in the early 2000s. “It shows we are capable of beating anyone on any given day.”

Senior pitcher Julie Apsel showed why she’s the ace of the Pride staff in the Missouri gamer tossing a four-hitter over nine innings to an explosive lineup. She continued the momentum of the Missouri game with three wins during a CAA sweep North Carolina-Wilmington last weekend, where she surrendered just two runs.

Apsel is among a number of pitchers Clark can turn to in the bullpen including local high school products Marisa Ogden (Sewanhaka) and Anna Butler (Seaford.) Junior Haley Venturini, a Rhode Island

native, has been working her way back from an injury suffered last season and Clark also expects her to play a key role in a deep rotation.

“They are different types of pitchers which is positive for us because we can put them in different situations to allow for success,” Clark said.

While Clark lost some key offensive talent from last year’s conference championship squad, the Pride returned reigning All-CAA First Team center fielder Chelsea Manto, who hit .301 with 27 stolen bases. The graduate student from Robbinsville, New Jersey is on pace for another big season with a .280 average and 12 stolen bases through the first 27 games.

Senior catcher Becca Vaillancourt has emerged as the Pride’s leading hitter so far with a..373 average with five home runs while also leading the pitching staff behind the plate. Olivia Malinowski and

Aliya Catanzarita have also been big producers at the plate early on this season displaying home run power at times.

Sophomore shortstop Allana Morse, a Mepham High School graduate, is another big focal point of the Hofstra offense after earning CAA All-Rookie Team honors as a freshman with 46 hits including a double in the NCAA Tournament against top-ranked Oklahoma. The North Bellmore native has also blossomed into a solid defensive player anchoring the middle infield.

“She has been so incredible at shortstop this year with some of the plays she has made,” said Clark of Morse. “The ball rarely gets by her in the infield.”

Freshman right fielder Lily Yepez, a former Mepham teammate of Morse, has

also emerged as a key bat in the lineup and was fifth on the team in batting to close the month of March. The North Bellmore native helped lead the Pirates to three county championships and two Long Island titles.

After hosting North Carolina A&T this weekend, the Pride return home to face Long Island rival Stony Brook in another crucial three-game CAA series from April 12-14. The final home conference games are slated for April 26-28 against Hampton.

The CAA Tournament is May 8-11 at UMC-Wilmington where the Pride will look to defend its crown. Hofstra entered the week tied for second in the CAA standings at 8-4 with 15 conference games remaining.

Honoring Long Island’s best businesswomen

It was a month of honoring women, but an evening of actually celebrating women as hundreds gathered once again for the Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards.

Hosted by RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, the gala took place at the Heritage Club at Bethpage, 48 businesswomen were honored in more than a dozen different categories. Two special awards also were handed out for the Next Generation-Under 30, while the late Karen Tenenbaum was commemorated for her work founding Tenenbaum Law.

“This feels so much like a homecoming,” said Tifphani White-King, principal U.S. national tax practice leader of Mazars Group — and the event’s keynote speaker.

“I grew up here in Long Island, and there’s nothing like being celebrated and recognized and humbled by your hometown.”

The workplace, she added, “is really about women helping other women. Lifting each other up as we continue to climb the proverbial crystal staircase that Langston Hughes has talked about in his poetry.”

“I think that it’s great to have these awards to honor women who are working so hard and building these businesses,” said Liz Bentley, president of Liz Bentley Associates in Cold Spring Harbor. “As women leaders, we have to go first on things that may be difficult or scary, but we can do it and we’re good at it. It makes a difference.”

Aimee Kestenberg Elan, founder and designer for Affordable Luxury Group, was honored in the entrepreneur category. Now celebrating the company’s 10th anniversary, she reflected on the long path that got her here in the first place.

“I was the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors,” she said. “This is definitely an accomplishment for my family since we didn’t know if we were going to make it in general. Being here tonight is something special for me to show my children that women can do anything — which is a big reason I do what I do.”

The awards highlighted women from many different industries, like health care. That’s where Tameka Wallace, associate executive director of perioperative services at Glen Cove Hospital, shares her pride in being among the women leaders acknowledged.

“To be honored amongst all these amazing women — and for my hospital — it feels amazing,” she said.

Managing more than $18 million in revenue while overseeing more than 100 employees, Wallace admits she can’t do it alone.

“You do such hard work, it’s important to acknowledge both the people in and out of work,” she said. “My family is just as part of my success as I am a part of theirs.”

Jennifer Mock Donohue has been vice president of Disney Local Advertising for five years, overseeing local,

regional and political sales for the Disney ad sales team.

“I think it gets better and better for female executives, because now we have each other to lean on,” she said. “It’s so important to see — especially for future generations that you can do anything in this world.”

That’s something Seema Bhansali, vice president of employee experience

and inclusion for the Henry Schein health care company, also focuses on.

“I brought my 16-year-old daughter because I want her to see that women have their own space and can own themselves in a very specific way,” she said. “It can be hard for women to say, ‘Yeah, I’m good.’ I want her to see that (imposter syndrome) doesn’t have to be her reality.”

“You see more CEOs, COOs, CFOs … women in all areas of business now,” she said. “The ceiling is smashed. There’s nothing we can’t do.”

The dinner and award ceremony are reminders to the communities of Long Island about the women who are leading the way.

“It was a privilege to be in the same room with such a talented, driven and giving group of strong and fearless women,” said Amy Amato, executive director of RichnerLive.

The Premier Business Women of Long Island Awards gala gold sponsor was Glen Cove Hospital-Northwell Health. Silver sponsors were Mazars, Henry Schein, Certilman Balin, Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology, Valley Women in Business, and Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld.

Other sponsors included Liz Bentley Associates, National Grid Ventures, NHG Law Group, Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island, and Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP, Nassau Community College and Disney.

No one was coming to help the Ades family

gone through five months earlier.

The Ades family lived in the center of the kibbutz along with about 800 others. Being so close to Gaza, the kibbutz was one of the first places to be attacked in the early morning of Oct. 7. Amit also explained that because she lives near a weapons cache, a place where first defenders keep weapons safe until the IDF arrives; her home was in a danger zone.

“We think they knew about this place because they were coming very fast to our house,” Amit said.

At 6:30 a.m., alarms blared throughout the village, letting the residents know that there is an ongoing attack. Amit said that when she woke up, she heard very strong, nonstop bombing. Less than 10 minutes after the first alarm played, there was shooting right outside of her home.

“My husband, myself, and our three young children were in the home and we had no one to call for help,” Amit said. “So we started chatting in our kibbutz’ What’s App group chat and people were saying that we should lock ourselves in the safe room.”

Amit and Tomer’s safe room is also their kid’s bedroom. Without trying to panic them, they closed the bedroom door. However, the door did not have a lock on it, so they created a barrier, using a measurement tool that was on their wall.

By 6:45 a.m., the Ades family huddled together in the safe room, holding the door shut, as they heard shooting, grenades, and the constant bombardment of munitions.

At 9 a.m., one of Amit and Tomer’s friends sent a message in the group chat, asking anyone to help her husband, who was shot. The message mentioned that he was losing a lot of blood and he was just outside of Amit and Tomer’s home. Tomer went outside to try to find him.

“Of course I didn’t want him to leave, as I was hearing what was going on outside, but I stayed in the home with our three children,” Amit said. “I stood at the entrance of the room with our baby in one hand to try to keep her quiet and I had a kitchen knife in the other hand.”

With what, according to Amit, felt like forever, Tomer came back to the house and told her that he couldn’t see the man. He left again, but this time from their backdoor, and as soon as he got outside, he rushed back in the house.

“He came back inside the house and said ‘I don’t want to put more pressure, but this is what I saw so we have to be quiet inside the house’,” Amit said.

Tomer said he heard about 20 to 30 terrorists yelling.

Around 10 a.m., Amit said that she lost electricity in her home, which created an unsafe environment inside the safe room, as it started to get very hot with little to no ventilation. When they cracked open the door to get some air circulating, Amit said that they started to smell gunpowder. She told Tomer that it’s not safe to breathe this in, but Tomer said ‘it’s better than to suffocate.’

For the next few hours, Tomer periodically left the room to get food for the kids and a bucket for them to go to the bathroom. Amit said that every time Tomer left the room, she stood at the entrance of the room, guarding it. This was the routine that the Ades family was in for the next 36 hours.

During the afternoon, Amit said that they started to lose cellular reception. She explained that the army turned it off because the terrorists were using to communicate with one another.

“I already sent my parents a goodbye message because I didn’t think that we were going to make it.”

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of war, after Hamas attacked their home in Kfar aza kibbutz on oct. 7.

“On top of that, we put some pots so it will make a lot of noise if someone entered,” Amit said.

As they tried getting some sleep, Amit said that the room began to get hot again. She opened the window in the safe room, which has metal in front of it to stop bullets from entering the room. The window is also noise cancelling so when she opened it, the entire room instantly became very noisy with sounds of gunfire.

The family survived through the night and on Oct. 8, they celebrated Shir’s birthday by eating some of the cake that they had saved for his celebration.

Tomer and Amit made it their mission to not instill any fear in their kids. The older children were distracted by the fighting, as they spent most of their time on their iPad.

Amit mentioned that one of her children accidentally downloaded the SpongeBob Movie before this attack so when the internet kept going off, they kept watching the movie over and over. The movie’s runtime was one hour and 41 minutes and for Amit, that number is still fresh in her mind today.

“They watched the movie at least eight times,” Amit said. “Every time they finished, we told them to watch it again and again.”

By Sunday morning, Amit asked herself, ‘why is nobody coming?’ She noted that the IDF was nowhere to be found.

“Two hours, four hours, six hours, night, morning no one is coming,” Amit said.

At noon on Sunday, Amit went around the house with Tomer and saw bullet holes, shattered glass, and debris in various rooms.

“Then on Sunday afternoon, Tomer told me that we have to eat proper food and that we can’t eat anymore of the cake,” Amit said.

Tomer went to the kitchen to cook boiled eggs and Amit noted that she started to hear the gunfire get closer and closer. They went back into the safe room, put the barriers back up, and stood at the entrance of the room with kitchen knives in both of their hands.

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“We kind of all said our goodbyes and then they came inside the house shooting,” Amit said.

Amit said she heard one of the people say the word ‘clear’ in Hebrew. Amit started yelling “13” because that was the number of the Israeli rescue team that, according to What’s App, was saving people at the start of the attack.

“They shouted at us ‘who are you?’ ‘What are your names?’ ‘What are your parents names?’ What is your ID number?’” Amit said. “And then they said ‘we’re opening the door, have nothing in your hands’ so we kind of dropped the knives and they opened the door.”

With the rifles aimed straight at Amit and Tomer, Amit said that she was both thankful that she was being saved by the IDF, but confused as to why they were pointing the guns at them.

“They told us that we have piles of bodies and blood on our front yard and because we had no connection for more than 24 hours, our household was considered dead,” Amit said.

“They weren’t coming for us, but they were coming to fight terrorists, which is why they entered the house shooting.”

A tank arrived to take them to a safer area. One of the commanders told Amit to tell her kids to not look around because of the dead bodies on the ground.

Amit saw a body lying right next to the safe room’s window and she later learned that the body was one of her and Tomer’s closest friends. He died alongside six other of Amit and Tomer friends. In total, Amit said 64 people from her kibbutz were murdered on that Saturday and 25 people were kidnapped.

Currently, Amit and her family are staying in a hotel in central Israel until September, where they will move into a temporary settlement in southern Israel. Then two years after that, they will be back in Kfar Aza.

Amit said that people in the states can help her and other survivors like her by putting pressure to release the hostages. She said that when she moves to southern Israel, there will be more volunteer opportunities for people to help with mental health treatments, and general support for the children impacted by this war. Continued

Amit said that in a kibbutz, people typically don’t lock their doors. She said that she doesn’t even have a key to her home. Therefore, she and Tomer took all the furniture that they had in the house and put two piles of chairs in front of both entrances.

“Tomer tells me that if they come in the house, take the knife and aim for the neck,” Amit said.

Suddenly, Amit heard the pots fall.

Celestial bodies will be in perfect alignment

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drawing what they’re observing.”

Crowley said that every year he teaches his students about the eclipse and now, he is finally able to show them what it looks like in real life. He, along with the other earth science classes, will be going onto the high school’s field starting at 2:05 p.m. until the end of the school day. Crowley said that if there are no clouds in the sky, the peak and best part of the entire event will be around 3:20 p.m., which any student has the opportunity to view after the last period bell rings prior to the peak.

“We taught the students about the phases of the moon and solar eclipses can only happen during the new moon,” Crowley said. “But you don’t get a solar eclipse during every new moon so what we’re trying to emphasize is that there’s a certain alignment that is taking place.”

The alignment, which Forbes said is called syzygy, involves the Earth, moon, and the sun being positioned perfectly for a total eclipse to occur making eclipses so rare.

Forbes mentioned that some of the observations that the students will record during the eclipse are changes in the temperature and changes in the appearance of the clouds. She noted how special it is for the students to take part in this event because the next time this happens in the area; they may have

children of their own.

“This event gives these students a chance to maybe one day talk about when they saw the US solar eclipse as a child with some new loved ones,” Forbes said.

For anyone viewing this event, Forbes reiterated that using sunglasses will not protect your eyes. Instead, you need to use ISO-compliant eclipse glasses, which are a thousand times darker than regular sunglasses.

“Some of our glasses were donated by NASA Globe, which is a part of NASA that works with schools across the country and we were able to get some glasses from them,” Forbes said.

Crowley explained that although 90% of the sun will be covered, it will still be light as day. However, the brightness might decrease a little; similar to if a cloud was moving over the sun.

“They say in the totality region, the cricket starts chirping,” Crowley said. “I don’t think we’re going to see that, but we might see a little bit of a slight dim.

Forbes said that this event will be much more significant than the 2017 partial eclipse where the area only saw about 50% of the sun covered. With the next eclipse not occurring decades into the future, she emphasized that this event will be a lasting memory for the students.

Scouts test their outdoor skills at annual Derby

Scouts from East Rockaway’s Troop 332 gathered in the chilly early hours of January 27 at Schiff Scout Reservation in Wading River, NY to put their skills to the test. Like many Scout Troops from across Nassau and Suffolk counties, they were there to compete in the 2024 Klondike Derby, an intense but friendly competition of Scout skills, teamwork, and leadership.

Scouting organizations all over the US and Canada have been running Klondike Derbies every winter since 1968, when they were first conceived as an event that celebrates the lore of the Klondike Gold

Rush and blends it with the focus on individual and team achievement that is a hallmark of Scouting. The goal of a Klondike Derby team is to pull their team’s homemade sled, fully laden with Scouting equipment, from one skill station to the next, demonstrating what they’ve learned in Scouts as quickly and correctly as possible.

During this year’s Derby, “Ramen Patrol”, Troop 332’s team, navigated their sled around the perimeter of Schiff’s 30-acre pond, stopping only to quickly demonstrate their prowess in campfirebuilding, first aid and rescue, knots, lashings and other key outdoor skills.

One of the most challenging stations, the Snowblind Tent Set-Up, called for the Scouts to set up a tent while blindfolded by only listening to verbal instructions from their patrol leader.

The day’s activities culminated in an exciting — and hair-raising — Sled Race and the Derby Awards.

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lied, East Rockaway’s Troop 332 achieved 1st and 2nd place ribbons in several of the day’s challenges. The Troop’s Scouts were most proud about receiving the top award for Sled Gear Check-In, since it confirmed their commitment to living the Scout motto: “Be Prepared”.

“The best part of Klondike is seeing the Troop come together on a shared goal”, said Troop 332 Assistant Scoutmaster Lissette Bernal-Cruz. “Scouts guiding their fellow Scouts, learning from each other while having fun – that’s the ethos

of Scouting in action.”

Scouts BSA Troop 332 meets on most Friday evenings at 7:30 at the St. Raymond’s gymnasium, located at 263 Atlantic Ave. in East Rockaway. Parents of boys aged 11 to 17 who are interested in learning more about Scouting can visit a meeting, or contact Frank Honerkamp, Scoutmaster of Troop 332 for more details at t332fwh@yahoo.com.

Chamber announces window makeover contest

One of the most important elements of a successful business is its window. It serves as the first impression for customers and can greatly impact their decision to enter the establishment.

The Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce announced last week its first ever Window Makeover Contest, aimed at revitalizing and enhancing the visual appeal of local businesses in Lynbrook. The contest, open to all merchants within Lynbrook, seeks to transform ordinary windows into eye-catching displays that draw in customers and reflect the unique character of each business. By participating in the contest, merchants have the opportunity to enhance their businesses and attract new customers.

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mit their windows for cash prizes from supportive businesses from the Lynbrook area. A panel of judges will evaluate the entries based on creativity, originality, and how well the storefront reflects the business’s brand and identity.

A “Resident’s Favorite” prize will also be awarded. All participating businesses will be awarded with a local restaurant gift certificate.

contest is aimed at revitalizing and enhancing the visual appeal of local businesses in Lynbrook

“This contest is aimed at revitalizing and enhancing the visual appeal of local businesses in Lynbrook,” Polly Talbott, Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce president, said. “And the contest is just trying to get people to take a fresh look at their window, clean it up, switch up some of the things that have been sitting there for years and make it look new and exciting.”

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Talbott said that the contest will help businesses express themselves. She noted that she wants the windows to say who you are, what services you offer, and how you get a hold of them. The goal of putting these important elements on the windows is to increase the number of customers.

“We are thrilled to launch the Window Makeover Contest and offer our local merchants the chance to take a fresh look at their windows to see if they are presenting the image that will attract customers and increase profits,” Talbott said in a release. “A vibrant and attractive window can make a world of difference for a business, and we believe this contest will not only benefit participating merchants but also the entire community by creating a more inviting and vibrant downtown area.”

Talbott said that because businessowners can be very busy, they sometimes

don’t have the time to change up their storefront and windows. However, this contest will encourage them to do so.

“So we’re really just excited to offer this contest to our merchants and give them a chance to attract new customers and increase profits,” Talbott said.

In addition to the makeover, the winning merchant will also receive a marketing package to promote their newly revamped storefront, including social media promotion, a feature on the chamber’s website, and a ribbon-cutting cere-

mony to celebrate the unveiling of the new look.

Merchants interested in participating in the contest can find more information and submit their entry on the chamber’s website LynbrookUSA.com. The deadline for submissions is May 29 and the winner will be announced at the chamber’s first Cruise Night, June 6, on Atlantic Avenue. For more information about the Window Makeover Contest, contact the chamber at LynbrookCoC@gmail.com or call the chamber at (516) 242-4649.

STEPPING OUT

Go all out

s we eagerly welcome spring — and Earth Month — the moment has arrived to think about how you want your yard to serve your family, pets and wildlife.

Maybe you’re aiming to have the best yard on the block, want to install an outdoor “family room,” or expand your space for entertaining. Perhaps your kids or pets could use a better play space.

Spring and backyarding — the act of doing indoor activities such as dining, working, entertaining, even exercising, in our own backyards — surely go hand in hand.

“Knowing your backyarding personality type can help you be better prepared to craft a yard that is not only beautiful, but is also purposeful and specifcally suited to how you backyard,” says Kris Kiser, president of the TurfMutt Foundation, which advocates for the care and use of green space.

The TurfMutt Foundation celebrates 15 years in 2024 teaching families how to save the planet one yard at a time.

“There really are no rules. Create an outdoor area that refects your unique personality and style while supporting the things you like to do in your green space,” Kiser says. “Your yard isn’t just for aesthetics. It’s purposeful and contributes to our and the planet’s well-being. We encourage you to design your space that shows off your sense of style and supports what is important to your family.”

For most of us, that means flling our home environment with fowers. Plant summer bulbs and you’ll enjoy extra fowers in your garden next summer for months on end. Pick a nice spring day and turn planting into a fun outdoor activity — and get everyone involved.

Starting in early spring and all through summer, fower bulbs give you that lovely spring feeling. Even if March and April are often still cold and bleak, the frst brave bulbs already start fowering. Imagine how fun it will be to cut some fowers from your own garden to put in a vase. In this way, you can enjoy spring inside as well.

Once the danger of night frost has passed, it is time to plant summer bulbs. If you don’t have enough garden space, no worries. Summer bulbs thrive planted in pots as well. With so many varieties available, you can you create the most colorful displays. You can enjoy these eye-catchers on your deck, patio or terrace for months.

Exuberant effect

All summer bulbs are suitable for planting in pots, by the way, They come in all kinds of shapes and colors. Five of the best-known include dahlia, Begonia, gladiolus, Calla and lily. They all have their own charm,

so it all depends on what you like. Low-growing summer bulbs are particularly suitable for pots, such as dahlias up to about 20 inches tall and tuberous begonias.

For an extra exuberant effect, mix several varieties of summer bulbs together. It is a smart choice if you want to extend the fowering period. Some fowers, such as dahlias and begonias, will actually continue to fower until the frst frost.

Well-known or lesser known

Once the threat of night frost has passed, it is time to get started with summer bulbs.

The planting period runs until late May. You can choose popular dahlias, gladioli (Gladiolus), lilies (Lilium) or tuberous begonias. You could also go for lesser-known varieties, such as Crocosmia (previously known as Montbretia), variegated pineapple lily (Eucomis), Tigridia or Liatris.

Have you picked the perfect spot yet? Most summer bulbs need at least six hours of daily sun for rich fowering. So, check the packaging to see if your chosen bulbs prefer sun or (semi-)shade. Their demands on the soil are modest — it just needs to be suffciently permeable to water.

Perfect match

Lower-growing varieties are best planted at the front of the border. Taller-growing ones thrive in a sheltered spot, against a wall or near a shrub, for example.

Group similar color hues together, or indeed, choose contrasting colors. Crocosmia, Dahlia and Liatris make a good team, as do lilies with gladioli and Canna lilies.

Summer bulbs are also a perfect match with perennials and shrubs.

Easy planting

Plant bulbs twice as deep as they are tall. Exceptions to this rule are dahlias and begonias, which should be planted less deep (with a few inches of soil above them).

Place bulbs in the soil with the growing point (“nose”) facing up. For begonias, the concave side is the top. Don’t worry if you’re not sure — once they sprout, they will grow upward on their own.

Fill the hole with soil and tamp it down lightly — water your bulbs.

In a pot, you can plant them a little closer together. Make sure there are holes in the bottom of the pot to allow excess water to drain away.

Put some shards or clay pellets at the bottom of the pot with potting soil on top. Next, follow the steps above. The bulbs will grow out on their own. They need watering only during long periods of drought.

Just a little more patience before you can enjoy the colorful results.

South Shore Symphony

The South Shore Symphony Orchestra welcomes spring as it continues director Adam Glaser’s inaugural season. The orchestra is joined by the Adea Horn Quartet, composed of Alyssa Cherson, David Stevens, Erik Beuttenmuller and Anthony Hayes. The evening’s fascinating repertoire includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, the most substantial work in the program. One of his most beloved works, it’s known for lush melodies and rich harmonies combined with dance rhythms, a sprinkle of jazz, and modern harmonic twists. Also of note, he wrote it on Long Island, in Huntington. The program also includes Lili Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps, a brilliant work with hints of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, and Robert Schumann’s Concertpiece for 4 Horns, Op. 86.

Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.

Madison Theatre, Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Tickets available at MadisonTheatreNY.org or (516) 323-4444.

Rain: A tribute to The Beatles

The dynamic band takes everyone back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends in its lively celebration of the iconic ‘Abbey Road’ album. Rain is renowned for delivering a note-for-note theatrical event that critics and audiences proclaim as the next best thing to seeing the Beatles live. Together longer than the Fab Four, Rain has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, resulting in a show that thoroughly captures the essential essence of Beatlemania. Their performance transports you back to the iconic era of Sgt. Pepper and the Magical Mystery Tour, along with all your favorite hits. From energetic classics to refective favorites, the band delivers an unforgettable performance that appeals to fans, old and new. With vibrant costumes and psychedelic visuals, Rain creates a stunning concert full of nostalgia and good vibes. Join the band on an extraordinary journey that captivates hearts and inspires all generations.

Friday, March 29, 8 p.m. Tickets start

Wednesday, April 10, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $45. Flagstar at Wesbury Music Fair, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. Tickets available at LiveNation.com.

THE Your Neighborhood

The Wallflowers

Grab your leather jackets, and get ready to rock! The Wallflowers have hit the road and bringing their epic sound to the Paramount stage, Thursday, April 17, at 8 p.m. The line-up consists of Steve Mackey on bass, Stanton Adcock on lead guitar, Lynn Williams on drums, and founder Jakob Dylan on lead vocals and guitar. Expect to hear fan favorites, including the Billboard 100 charter “Sleepwalker.” Formed in 1989 by Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller, over the last two decades the band has seen many changes. 1992 saw the release of their debut album, followed in 1994 by their best-known and highest-selling album, Bringing Down The Horse, which featured Grammy award-winning track ‘One Headlight’. The Wallflowers went on to release three more albums before going on a hiatus. 2012 was the year the band reunited and released their sixth album “Glad All Over.” Nearly a decade later, The Wallflowers released their seventh album, “Exit Wounds,” which hit number three on the Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart — making it the highest charting album for the band yet! For the past 30 years, this Dylan-led act has stood as one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands — a unit dedicated to and continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack. That signature style has been present through the decades, baked into the grooves of smash hits like 1996’s “Bringing Down the Horse” as well as more recent and exploratory fare like “Glad All Over.” While it’s been nine long years since we’ve heard from the group with whom he first made his mark, The Wallflowers are silent no more. And Jakob Dylan always knew they’d return, claiming The Wallflowers is much of his life’s work. $75, $45, $35, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

‘Listen to the Music’

Join L.I. Cabaret Theatre for their latest performance, Saturday, April 6, 2 p.m., at the Elmont Library Theatre. In this spirited show music is on the menu as the cast travels back to different years in the past to find clues and knowledge to save the Melody Diner from demolition. A cast of 35 keeps the action moving along, with a live band. Singers and dancers perform current hits, oldies and also tunes from the Broadway stage. Free admission. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. (516) 354-5280 or LICabaret@aol.com.

Springtime in Paris Tea

Enjoy tea with the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook, Sunday, April 7, 1-3 p.m.. at a Springtime in Paris Tea, at Lynbrook Public Library. $30 per person . Advance purchase required at the East Rockaway Public Library circulation desk. on Carpenter Avenue and Eldert Street. For more information, call (516) 593-5791 or email MadelineVP@Verison.net.

On exhibit

Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Urban Art Evolution,” is a comprehensive exhibit featuring a diverse range of compositions from the 1980s through the present by creators who were based in the rough and tumble downtown area of New York City known as Loisaida/LES (Lower East Side/East Village) and close surrounding neighborhoods. Artists pushed the boundaries of what was considered “art” with a primary focus on street/graffiti art. The exhibit’s scope, guest curated by art collector/gallerist Christopher Pusey, offers an even broader view from other creative residents, who worked inside their studios but still contributed to the rich fabric of the downtown art scene from different vantage points and aesthetics.

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

Country Jukebox

The North Shore Symphony Orchestra is joined by Broadway and New York cabaret stars for “Country Jukebox: Kenny, Dolly & Friends,” Saturday, April 6, 8 p.m., on Adelphi’s Performing Arts Center stage. Your toes will be tapping and your hands clapping during this evening of country classics from the 1950s to today’s hottest contemporary hits.

The dynamic performers, with the NSO salute such greats as Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, The Judds, Carrie Underwood and more. Tickets start at $45, with discounts available to seniors, students, Adelphi alumni and employees. Adelphi University, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi. edu/pac.

Movie matinee

Enjoy a move on Lynbrook Public Library’s big screen. See “Gran Turismo,” Tuesday, April 9, 2 p.m. The 2023 film is based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs: a struggling working-class gamer (Archie Madekwe), a failed former racecar driver (David Harbour), and an idealistic motorsport executive (Orlando Bloom). Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. 56 Eldert St. Visit LynbrookLibrary.org or call (516) 599-8630 for more.

On stage

Plaza Theatrical continues its season with “Til Death Do Us Part…You First,” directed by Chazz Palminteri, Sunday, April 14, 2:30 p.m. Peter Fogel wrote and perfroms his hilarious autobiographical tale. An eternal bachelor, Fogel has major commitment issues as the love of his life has just broken up with him on Valentine’s Day. He senses his own mortality and after much soul searching, he decides to revisit the scene of all his romantic disasters.

Fogel’s signature wit, along with riotous relatable characters, takes us on a whirlwind comedic journey of searching for his soul mate and the meaning of a real commitment. Fogel laments: “The longest relationship I’ve had in my entire life…is with T-Mobile!” $40, $35 seniors. See it at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre. 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

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Celebrate Holi

Long Island Children’s Museum invites families to celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors, Sunday, April 14, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Originating in India, this Hindu festival marks the end of winter and the arrival of the colorful spring season. During this joyous celebration, families eat sweets, dance to traditional folk music and throw colorful powder made from flowers called gulal.

Crafts, color throwing and dancing will be part of this vibrant event. Welcome spring’s arrival with Holi. Participants are encouraged to wear clothes that they won’t mind getting messy. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

East Rockaway Village Board Meeting

Stop by the East Rockaway Village Hall to attend the monthly Village Board meeting, on Monday, April 8,at 7 p.m. 376 Atlantic Ave. For more information, call (516) 8876300.

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Forest Bathing

Sands Point Preserve offers another in its series of Forest Bathing walks, led by certified guide Linda Lombardo, Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m.noon. Based on the Japanese tradition of Shinrin-Yoku, a wellness practice developed in the 1980s, the walk, on the grounds of the former summer residence of Howard Gould and later Daniel and Florence Guggenheim, inspires mindful connections with the natural elements of the woods for a range of healthful benefits. $40, $35 members. Registration required. Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Road. For information, visit SandsPointPreserveConservancy.org or call (516) 571-7901.

Art explorations

Converse, collaborate and create at Family Saturdays at Nassau County Museum of Art, Saturday, April 13, noon-3 p.m. Get inspired by the art and objects in the galleries and then join educators at the Manes Center to explore and discover different materials to create your own original artwork.

Kids and adults connect while talking about and making art together. A new project is featured every week. $20 adult, $10 child. For ages 2-14. Registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. Visit NassauMuseum.org for to register or call (516) 484-9337.

Experience Lynbrook

Food, music, and friends create the perfect opportunity to present your business to Lynbrook and the surrounding communities at Experience Lynbrook, hosted by Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce. Don’t miss this special event to support local businesses and enjoy community camaraderie, Saturday, May 4, noon-3 p.m. The entire village is invited, as well as outside communities to this business showcase, held at Lynbrook Library. This is the perfect opportunity for businesses to expand their customer base. Sponsorships are available. $25 per table for exhibitors; Chamber of Commerce membership required to obtain a spot. 56 Eldert St. For more information, visit LynbrookUSA.com.

East Rockaway Education Foundation 5K

Run — or walk — for a cause at the East Rockaway Education Foundation’s 5K, Saturday, April 6. Proceeds will help the foundation support East Rockaway schools. The race starts at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine, at Hewlett Point Beach in East Rockaway. Suggest $30 donatioin. The first 250 registrants get a free drawstring bag. Register at tinyurl.com/EREF5k.

Rachmaninoff wrote “Symphonic Dances” a stunning orchestral work in 1940 while living in Huntington, Long Island.

Lili Boulanger completed this last orchestral work in 1920 in the mode of the French Impressionist composers.

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improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 85, Lot 116, 117.

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ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

N.Y. 11501 on 5/1/2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 299 Peninsula Boulevard, Lynbrook (T/O Hempstead), New York 11563, And Described As Follows:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 30, 2023, and entered in the Offce of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION is the Plaintiff and PATRICIA VEZZI is the Defendant. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on April 22, 2024 at 2:30PM, premises known as 70 WEST BOULEVARD, EAST ROCKAWAY, NY 11518: Section 0042, Block 00034-00, Lot 00004: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS

THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT “BAY PARK” ON HEWLETT BAY, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index # 607880/2022. Brian J. Davis, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 145586

Dawn A. Gingold, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 26, 2023, 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 April 23, 2024 at 3:30PM, premises known as 83 Arnold Court West a/k/a 83 Arnold Court, East Rockaway, NY 11518. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 42, BLOCK: 281, LOT: 4. Approximate amount of judgment $572,569.50 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #610391/2019. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Offce of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Referee’s phone number: (516) 510-4020. Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-091297-F00 79841 145525

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LEGAL NOTICE

TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2003-OP1, Plaintiff, Against DANIEL P. MULVEY JR. A/K/A DANIEL MULVEY A/K/A DAIEL P. MULVEY, ET AL.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 08/17/2023, 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,

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village Of Lynbrook, Town Of Hempstead, County Of Nassau And State Of New York.

Section 0042 Block 00230

Lot 00120

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $383,348.12 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 610938/2020

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. This Auction will be held rain or shine.

JOHN P CLARKE, Esq., Referee.

MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573

Dated: 2/20/24 File Number: 20-302674 SH 145724

LEGAL NOTICE

The Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District, Lynbrook, New York, hereby invites the submission of: SEALED BIDS

Building Materials & Supplies (HewlettWoodmere UFSD may also utilize this Bid) District-Wide Locksmithing District-Wide Sprinkler Repair & Installation Automatic Temperature Control, Mechanical, Remote Monitoring and Controls Maintenance Electrical Supplies Bids will be received until 10 a.m. on April 18, 2024, in the Offce of the Board of Education, 111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, New York, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read. Specifcations and instructions to bidders may be obtained from Patricia Jung at 516-887-6563 or on the Lynbrook UFSD website a t www.lynbrookschools.org /District/Bids.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids when it is in the best interest of the School District to do so. Theresa Moran District Clerk Lynbrook Union Free School District 516-887-6558

Dated: April 4, 2024 145876

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York, will hold a Public Hearing at the Lynbrook Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York on April 15, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. to consider the Tentative Budget for the 2024/2025 fscal year.

The Tentative Budget also includes a Local Government Exemption Impact Report of exempt amounts of real property.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024/2025 Tentative Budget provides for compensation to be paid to each member of the Board of Trustees will not exceed as follows: Mayor $35,473.14 Trustee (1) $30,897.94 Trustees (3) $23,397.94.

A copy of the 2024 /2025 Tentative Budget and Exemption Report is available for public inspection at the Offce of the Village Clerk, Lynbrook, New York, during normal offce hours and on the Village website www.lynbrookvillage.com

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to present oral and/or written comments on the 2024/2025 Tentative Budget during the Public Hearing at the time and place aforesaid.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

JOHN GIORDANO, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR LYNBROOK, NEW YORK 145877

LEGAL NOTICE

ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL

THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU

HEREBY GIVES NOTICE

that he has completed the 2024/2025 fnal assessment roll, which will be used for the 2025 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2024/2025 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certifed electronic copy of the roll was fled with the Department of Assessment on April 1, 2024. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offces of:

DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for ffteen days.

Dated this 1st day of April 2024.

JOSEHA A. ADAMO

Chief Deputy Assessor, Nassau County 145927

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice

Safeguard Self Storage #190114 located at 499 Ocean Ave. East Rockaway NY 11518 intends to hold a sale of the property stored in the below listed Storage Spaces. The public sale shall occur as an online auction via www.storageauctions.co m on 4/22/2024 at 11:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials. Suzanne McIntosh unit #3930. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. See manager for details.

145806

LEGAL NOTICE

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTACIÓN

PRESUPUESTARIA Y ELECCIÓN DEL DISTRITO

ESCOLAR LIBRE DE VALLEY STREAM UNION

VEINTICUATRO

CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD Y CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

SE DA AVISO de que una audiencia de presupuesto público de los votantes califcados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union No. Veinticuatro de la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se llevarán a cabo en la Escuela William L. Buck en Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York en el Distrito el 8 de mayo de 2024, a las 7:30 p.m., hora prevaleciente, para la transacción de negocios según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, incluidos los siguientes elementos:

1) Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (propuesta de presupuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fscal 2024-2025.

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

3) Para tratar cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse ante la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y los actos que la modifquen.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, se requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del

Public Notices

presupuesto fnal, mostrará qué parte del valor total de tasación en el registro de evaluación fnal utilizado en el proceso presupuestario está exenta de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada, identifcada por la autoridad legal, y mostrará: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, expresado como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor catastral total en la lista; (b) el monto acumulado que se espera recibir de los benefciarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos (PILOT) u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el efecto acumulativo de todas las exenciones concedidas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que dicha Votación y Elección del Presupuesto se llevará a cabo el martes 21 de mayo de 2024, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., en los Cuatro (4) Distritos Electorales, descritos a continuación, momento en el cual las urnas se abrirán para votar por máquina de votación sobre los siguientes elementos:

1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fscal 2024-2025 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito.

2. Elegir a un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación por un período de tres (3) años a partir del 1 de julio de 2024 y hasta el 30 de junio de 2027, de la siguiente manera:

a. Un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación por un período de tres (3) años para suceder a Donna LaRocco, cuyo mandato vence el 30 de junio de 2024;

3. SE APRUEBE el presupuesto propuesto de gastos del Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union Veinticuatro, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York para el año 2024-2025 por la cantidad de $ 39,282,476 y para los fnes que se muestran en la declaración del mismo presentada en la reunión anual, y que la suma se aumente a través de un gravamen sobre la propiedad imponible en el Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union Veinticuatro, después de deducir primero los fondos de las ayudas estatales y otras fuentes según lo dispuesto por la

ley.

4. SE APRUEBE el presupuesto de gastos propuesto por el Distrito Escolar Secundario Central de Valley Stream, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York para el año 2024-2025 por un monto de $161.364.443 y que la suma se recaude a través de un gravamen sobre la propiedad imponible en el Distrito Escolar Secundario Central de Valley Stream, después de deducir primero el dinero de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes según lo dispuesto por la ley.

5. SE AUTORIZA a la Junta de Educación a asignar y gastar la cantidad máxima de cuatrocientos veinticinco mil dólares ($425,000) del fondo de reserva de capital con el propósito de completar las mejoras de capital de la siguiente manera: instalaciones de unidades de ventanas de aire acondicionado y costos eléctricos para las habitaciones de la Escuela Primaria Brooklyn Avenue y la Escuela Primaria Robert W. Carbonaro.

6. SE AUTORIZA a la Junta de Educación a asignar y gastar la cantidad máxima de ochocientos mil dólares ($800,000) del fondo de reserva de capital con el propósito de completar mejoras de capital de la siguiente manera: Instalaciones de puertas abiertas en todo el distrito y actualizaciones de alarmas contra incendios.

7. SE AUTORIZA al Distrito Central de Escuelas Secundarias de Valley Stream a asignar y gastar la cantidad máxima de $2,550,000 de la siguiente manera del saldo del fondo con el propósito de completar las mejoras de capital de la siguiente manera: Renovar el actual Garaje de Mantenimiento del Distrito creando una Instalación de Ofcios de Construcción. Todo lo anterior incluye mano de obra, materiales, equipos, aparatos y costos incidentales.

8. SE AUTORIZA a la Junta de Educación a asignar y gastar la cantidad máxima de $1,156,000 del Fondo de Reserva de Capital con el propósito de completar las mejoras de capital de la siguiente manera: Reemplazo de la ventana del gimnasio y del sistema operativo en Memorial Junior High School, North Junior Senior High School y South Junior Senior High School.

9. Votar sobre cualquier otra proposición que se proponga legalmente.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que se preparará una declaración detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fscal 2024-2025 para fnes del

distrito escolar, excluyendo los fondos públicos que especifquen el propósito y la cantidad para cada uno, y se pondrán copias de la misma a disposición de cualquier residente del distrito, bajo solicitud en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito, Escuela William L. Buck, 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en días hábiles a partir del 7 de mayo de 2024, excluyendo sábados, domingos y feriados, en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito y en cada escuela del Distrito.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE

DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que el lugar en cada distrito electoral donde se llevará a cabo la elección y votación anual, y la descripción de cada distrito electoral es la siguiente: Distrito Electoral #1generalmente abarca el área del Distrito al Norte de Sunrise Highway: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación para los fdeicomisarios será en la Estación de Bomberos de South Corona Avenue en el lado oeste de Corona Avenue entre Jamaica Avenue y Hawthorne Avenue; Distrito Electoral #2generalmente abarca el área atendida por la Escuela William L. Buck en la Avenida Horton: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación por los fdeicomisarios será en la Escuela William L. Buck; Distrito Electoral #3generalmente abarca el área atendida por la Escuela de la Avenida Brooklyn en la Avenida Brooklyn y la Calle Quinta: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación para los fdeicomisarios será en la Escuela de la Avenida Brooklyn; Distrito Electoral # 4generalmente abarca el área atendida por la Escuela Robert W. Carbonaro en Hungry Harbor Road y Mill Road: la votación sobre el presupuesto y la votación para los fdeicomisarios se realizará en la Escuela Robert W. Carbonaro. Los límites de cada uno de estos distritos por calles, callejones y carreteras o de otra manera, están contenidos en resoluciones de la Junta de Educación, fechadas el 24 de marzo de 1964 y enmendadas el 23 de septiembre de 1981 y el 12 de julio de 1990, y están disponibles para su inspección en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE

DA AVISO ADICIONAL que la votación será en máquinas de votación según lo dispuesto por la Ley de Educación y las urnas permanecerán abiertas el 21 de mayo de 2024 a partir de las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 21:00

horas., y tanto tiempo como sea necesario para que los electores presentes en ese momento puedan emitir su voto. Por la presente se autoriza y ordena al Secretario del Distrito que imprima las boletas necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en la forma que corresponda lo más posible a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación y la ley aplicable.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que las nominaciones para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union No. Veinticuatro serán hechas por peticionarios que deberán ser frmadas por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes califcados del Distrito (que representen el mayor de 25 votantes califcados o el 2% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior). Dichos peticionarios nominados se presentarán ante el Secretario de Distrito del Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union No. Veinticuatro en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, siempre que las peticiones no se presenten después de las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, del 22 de abril de 2024. Dicha petición debe indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada frmante, y debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato y describirá la vacante específca para la que se postula al candidato, incluida al menos la duración del mandato y contener el nombre del titular. Cada vacante en la Junta de Educación se considerará una vacante específca separada. Se requiere una petición de nominación separada para nominar a un candidato a cada cargo por separado. Una petición de nominación puede ser rechazada por la Junta de Educación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara que no está dispuesto a servir. Los formularios para las peticiones de nominación se pueden obtener en la ofcina del Superintendente de Escuelas en la Escuela William L. Buck en Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York y la ofcina del Secretario de Distrito del Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union No. Veinticuatro.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes, ya sea de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación o el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado de conformidad con §2014

de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, él o ella es elegible para votar en esta elección. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar bajo el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, él o ella también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. La Junta de Registro de este distrito escolar se reunirá en la Escuela William L. Buck, el 16 de mayo de 2024 a las 5:30 p.m., hora prevaleciente, con el propósito de preparar un registro de los votantes califcados de este distrito para dicha Votación y Elección Presupuestaria anual, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se coloque en dicho registro siempre que en dicha reunión la Junta de Registro, se sabe, o se demuestra a satisfacción de la Junta de Registro, que tiene derecho a votar en la Votación y Elección Presupuestaria anual que se prepara para dicho registro. Para inscribirse, cada persona deberá presentarse personalmente ante la Junta de Registro en el lugar que se designe a continuación en el distrito electoral en el que se encuentre su residencia a la hora antes indicada. Cada registro, una vez completado, se archivará en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito y estará abierto para inspección de 9:00 a.m. a 3:00 p.m. en cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores a la reunión o elección para la cual fue preparado, excepto el domingo, y entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 p.m. el sábado (18 de mayo de 2024), solo con cita previa, y en cada lugar de votación el día de las elecciones.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que el registro incluirá (1) todos los votantes califcados del Distrito que se presentarán personalmente para el registro; (2) todos los que se hayan inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o especial del Distrito y que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o especial del Distrito celebrada o realizada en cualquier momento dentro de los cuatro (4) años calendario anteriores a la preparación de dicho registro; y (3) todos los votantes califcados del distrito escolar registrados permanentemente con la Junta Electoral del Condado de Nassau que residan dentro de dicho distrito escolar.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que,

de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes 21 de mayo de 2024 entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente, en los respectivos lugares de votación, para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará para todas las votaciones y elecciones que se celebren después del martes 21 de mayo de 2024 y, las personas pueden tener sus nombres colocados en dicho Registro siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro, se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o en lo sucesivo la elección escolar para la cual se prepara dicho Registro, o cualquier reunión especial del distrito que se lleve a cabo después del martes 21 de mayo de 2024. La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de llevar a cabo un registro continuo de todos los votantes califcados del Distrito de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en días escolares, agregar cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se utilizará en la elección antes mencionada, en cuyo momento cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se coloque en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o en lo sucesivo en dicha elección para la cual se prepara el registro. Durante los meses de julio y agosto, en el ofcina del Secretario de Distrito, los votantes califcados pueden registrarse entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m. El último día para inscribirse será el 14 de mayo de 2024. El registro así preparado de conformidad con § 2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito en la Escuela William L. Buck, Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York y estará abierto para la inspección de cualquier votante califcado del Distrito, a partir del 16 de mayo de 2024, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., el horario prevaleciente en los días laborables anteriores a la votación, y entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 p.m. del sábado 18 de mayo de 2024, solo con cita previa, y en cada lugar de votación el día de la votación.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de

que los votantes militares que no están registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes califcados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union No. Veinticuatro solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de inscripción al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito, 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, Nueva York, 11581, por correo electrónico a districtclerk@vs24.org, o por fax enviado al 516-256-0163. La solicitud de la solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deben recibirse en la ofcina del Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 25 de abril de 2024.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que los votantes militares que son votantes califcados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Valley Stream Union No. Veinticuatro puede solicitar una solicitud para una boleta militar del Secretario de Distrito en persona, por correo a la Ofcina del Secretario de Distrito, 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, New York, 11581, por correo electrónico a districtclerk@vs24.org o por fax enviado al 516-256-0163. En dicha solicitud, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de boleta original por correo o en persona a la Ofcina del Secretario de Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, 11581. Para que un votante militar reciba una boleta militar, se debe recibir una solicitud válida de boleta militar en la ofcina del Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 25 de abril de 2024. Las solicitudes de boletas militares recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud no militar según la sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de una boleta militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe devolverse por correo o en persona a la ofcina del Secretario de Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, 11581. Las boletas militares serán escrutadas si son recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito

antes del cierre de las urnas el 21 de mayo de 2024 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un endoso de fecha de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibida a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 21 de mayo de 2024 y frmada y fechada por el votante militar y un testigo de la misma, con una fecha que se determina que no es posterior al día anterior a la elección.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia y por correo anticipado se podrán obtener a partir del 22 de abril de 2024 durante el horario escolar del Secretario del Distrito, o visitando el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, o comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito por correo electrónico al districtclerk@vs24.org o por teléfono al 516-434-2830. De acuerdo con la Ley de Educación §§ 2018-a y 2018-e, las solicitudes completadas de boletas de voto ausente y por correo anticipado no pueden ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito antes del trigésimo (30) día antes de la elección, es decir, el 22 de abril de 2024, y deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar siete (7) días antes de la elección, es decir, el 14 de mayo de 2024, si la boleta se va a enviar por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección, es decir, el 20 de mayo de 2024, si la boleta se va a entregar personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de voto en ausencia o por correo anticipado. Las boletas de voto ausente y por correo anticipado deben recibirse en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, el martes 21 de mayo de 2024. No se puede impugnar una boleta de voto en ausencia sobre la base de que el votante debería haber solicitado una boleta anticipada por correo. No se puede hacer una impugnación a un votante anticipado por correo sobre la base de que el votante debería haber solicitado una boleta de voto en ausencia. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se han emitido boletas de voto ausente y por correo anticipado estará disponible para su inspección para los votantes califcados del Distrito en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del 14 de mayo de 2024, entre las 9:00 a.m.

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y las 3:00 p.m., en días laborables anteriores al día establecido para la Votación y Elección Anual del Presupuesto, y el sábado 18 de mayo de 2024 entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 p.m. solo con cita previa, y el 21 de mayo de 2024, día fjado para la elección.

Cualquier elector califcado podrá, tras 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. Dicha impugnación por escrito será transmitida por el Secretario del Distrito o una persona designada por la Junta de Educación a los inspectores electorales el día de las elecciones.

Fechado: 27 de marzo de 2024

POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN

DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE VALLEY STREAM UNION NO. VEINTICUATRO CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

Jennie L. Padilla, Secretaria del Distrito Escolar 145775

2) To discuss all items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the School District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the fnal budget, will show how much of the total assessed value on the fnal assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identifed by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report will be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the Four (4) Election Districts, described below, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items:

YORK NOTICE IS GIVEN that a public budget hearing of the qualifed voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York will be held at the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York in the District on May 8, 2024, at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items:

1) To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money, which will be required for the 2024-2025 fscal year.

of $39,282,476 and for the purposes shown in the statement thereof presented at the annual meeting, and that the sum be raised through a levy upon the taxable property in the Valley Stream Union Free School District Twenty-Four, after frst deducting the monies from state aid and other sources as provided by law.

4. SHALL the proposed budget of expenditures of Valley Stream Central High School District, Nassau County, New York for the year 2024-2025 be approved in the amount of $161,364,443 and that the sum be raised through a levy upon the taxable property in the Valley Stream Central High School District, after frst deducting the monies from state aid and other sources as provided by law.

5. SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of four hundred and twenty-fve thousand dollars ($425,000) from the capital reserve fund for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: A/C window unit installations and electrical costs for rooms in the Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School and Robert W. Carbonaro Elementary School.

6. SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000) from the capital reserve fund for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: District-wide door holdopen installations & fre alarm upgrades.

detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the fscal year 2024-2025 for school district purposes, exclusive of public monies specifying the purpose and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available to any district resident, upon request at the Offce of the District Clerk, William L. Buck School, 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, on business days beginning May 7, 2024, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, at the Offce of the District Clerk and at each schoolhouse in the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the place in each election district where the annual election and vote will be held, and the description of each election district is as follows:

authorized and directed to have the necessary ballots printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law and applicable law.

1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fscal year 2024-2025 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2024 and expiring on June 30, 2027, as follows:

a. One (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term to succeed Donna LaRocco, whose term expires June 30, 2024;

3. SHALL the proposed budget of expenditures of Valley Stream Union Free School District Twenty-Four, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County New York for the year 2024-2025 be approved in the amount

7. SHALL the Valley Stream Central High School District be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of $2,550,000 as follows from fund balance for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: Renovate current District Maintenance Garage creating a Construction Trades Facility. All of the above to include labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs.

8. SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of $1,156,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: Gymnasium window and operating system replacements at Memorial Junior High School, North Junior Senior High School and South Junior Senior High School.

9. To vote on any other proposition legally proposed.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a

Election District #1generally embracing the area of the District North of Sunrise Highway: the voting on budgets and voting for trustees will be at the South Corona Avenue Firehouse on the west side of Corona Avenue between Jamaica Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue; Election District #2generally embracing the area serviced by the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue: the voting on the budgets and voting for trustees will be at the William L. Buck School; Election District #3generally embracing the area serviced by the Brooklyn Avenue School on Brooklyn Avenue and Fifth Street: the voting on the budgets and voting for trustees will be at the Brooklyn Avenue School; Election District #4generally embracing the area serviced by the Robert W. Carbonaro School on Hungry Harbor Road and Mill Road: the voting on the budget and voting for trustees will be at the Robert W. Carbonaro School. The boundaries of each such district by street, alleys and highways or otherwise, are contained in resolutions of the Board of Education, dated March 24, 1964, and amended on September 23, 1981, and July 12, 1990, and are available for inspection at the Offce of the Clerk of the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the voting shall be on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open on May 21, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is hereby

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that nominations for the offce of member of the Board of Education of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four shall be made by petitioners which will be required to be signed by at least twenty-fve (25) qualifed voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualifed voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election). Such nominating petitioners shall be fled with the District Clerk of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four in the District Clerk’s offce at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, provided however that petitions shall not be fled later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on April 22, 2024. Such petition must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate and shall describe the specifc vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the length of term of offce and contain the name of the incumbent. Each vacancy upon the Board of Education shall be considered separate specifc vacancies. A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate offce. A nominating petition may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the offce or declares his or her unwillingness to serve. Forms for nominating petitions may be obtained at the offce of the Superintendent of Schools at the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York and the offce of the District Clerk of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law or Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote

must register. The Board of Registration of this school district shall meet at the William L. Buck School, on May 16, 2024 at 5:30 p.m., prevailing time, for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualifed voters of this district for said annual Budget Vote and Election, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name place upon such registry provided that at such meeting the Board of Registration, he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the annual Budget Vote and Election which such register is prepared.

In order to register, each person must appear personally before the Board of Registration at the place hereinafter designated in the election district in which his or her residence is located at the time hereinabove stated.

Each register, upon its completion, will be fled in the District Clerk’s offce, and will be open for inspection from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on each of the fve (5) days prior to the meeting or election for which it was prepared, except Sunday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday (May 18, 2024), by appointment only, and at each polling place on election day.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the register shall include (1) all the qualifed voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; (2) all previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four (4) calendar years prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) all qualifed voters of the school district permanently registered with the Board of Elections of the County of Nassau residing within said school district.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the respective polling places, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used for all votes and elections to be held subsequent to Tuesday, May 21, 2024 and, persons may have their names placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration, he/she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school

election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

The Board of Registration shall meet for the purpose of conducting a continuous registration of all qualifed voters of the District pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law at the Offce of the District Clerk at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on school days, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which times any person will be entitled to have his or her name place on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared.

During the months of July and August, in the offce of the District Clerk, qualifed voters may register between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The last day to register shall be May 14, 2024. The register so prepared pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law will be fled in the offce of the District Clerk at the William L. Buck School, Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York and will be open for inspection by any qualifed voter of the District, beginning May 16, 2024, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time on weekdays prior to the vote, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2024, by appointment only, and at each polling place on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualifed voter of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, by mail to the Offce of the District Clerk, 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, New York, 11581, by email to districtclerk@vs24.org,or fax sent to 516-256-0163. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the offce of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the offce of the District Clerk at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, 11581. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before close of polls on May 21, 2024 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a date endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2024 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee and early mail ballots will be obtainable beginning April 22, 2024 during school business hours from the District Clerk, or by visiting the NYS Education Department’s website, or by contacting the District Clerk by email at districtclerk@vs24.org or phone at 516-434-2830. In accordance with Education Law §§ 2018-a and 2018-e, completed applications for absentee and early mail ballots may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day before the election,

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are qualifed voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, by mail to the Offce of the District Clerk, 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, New York, 11581, by email to districtclerk@vs24.org, or fax sent to 516-256-0163. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email A military voter must return the original ballot application by mail or in person to the Offce of the District Clerk at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, 11581. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the offce of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military application under § 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for a military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax or email.

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i.e., April 22, 2024, and must be received by the District Clerk no later than seven (7) days before the election, i.e., May 14, 2024, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, i.e., May 20, 2024, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or the agent named in the absentee ballot application. Absentee and early mail ballots must be received in the offce of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. A challenge to an absentee ballot may not be made on the basis that the voter should have applied for an early mail ballot.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection to qualifed voters of the District in the offce of the District Clerk on and after May 14, 2024, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual Budget Vote and Election, and on Saturday, May 18, 2024 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. by appointment only, and on May 21, 2024, the day set for the election. 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. Such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day.

Dated: March 27, 2024

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

VALLEY STREAM UNION

FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

NO. TWENTY-FOUR

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

Jennie L. Padilla, School District Clerk 145773

to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 11, 2014, 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 May 7, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 27 SECOND STREET, LYNBROOK, NY 11563.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 38, BLOCK 241, LOT 25, A/K/A SECTION 38, BLOCK 241, LOTS 25-27.

Approximate amount of judgment $756,633.90 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #013847/2013. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. 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”. Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 00-295303 79962 145814

erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Lynbrook, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 512 and Lot 126. Approximate amount of judgment is $782,870.47 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #004088/2015. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Malachy Lyons, Jr., Esq., Referee

Knuckles & Manfro, LLP, 120 White Plains Road, Suite 215, Tarrytown, New York 10591, Attorneys for Plaintiff 145866

School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, Nueva York, el martes 21 de mayo de 2024 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m. para votar sobre lo siguiente:

a) Elección de dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación. El candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos se desempeñará durante un período completo de tres (3) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2024. El candidato que reciba el segundo mayor número de votos cumplirá el período sin concluir de un exmiembro de la junta que haya renunció, cuyo mandato comenzará cuando la persona jure su cargo inmediatamente después de la elección del 21 de mayo de 2024 y fnalizará el 30 de junio de 2025.

b) Votar el presupuesto anual de la escuela para el año escolar 2024-2025 y autorizar la imposición de un impuesto sobre la propiedad del distrito para los propósitos anteriores.

LEGAL NOTICE

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA

SOBRE EL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK, PROGRAMADAS

PARA EL 21 DE MAYO DE 2024

POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la reunión anual de los votantes califcados del Distrito Escolar East Rockaway Union Free, pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, se llevará a cabo el 21 de mayo de 2024, desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 9:00 p. m., en East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, Nueva York, con el objeto de que se concrete este asunto conforme lo autoriza la ley.

on October 17, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 104 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY 11563. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto se realizará el martes 14 de mayo de 2024 a las 7:00 p. m. en la biblioteca de Centre Avenue School con el objetivo de analizar el presupuesto propuesto de los gastos de los fondos para el año escolar 2024-2025. La reunión será abierta al público y se transmitirá en vivo en www.eastrockawayschool s.org.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación de la asignación de los fondos correspondientes para cubrir los gastos necesarios para el año escolar 2024-2025, de todas las propuestas debidamente presentadas ante la Junta de Educación, y para ocupar dos (2) puestos en esta Junta tendrá lugar en East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High

c) Votar sobre las siguientes propuestas: PROPUESTA N.º 2 (Fondo de Reserva de Capitales para Proyectos Tecnológicos): SE RESUELVE que, por la presente, se autoriza al Distrito Escolar East Rockaway Union Free a realizar en todo el distrito determinadas compras o renovaciones de ciertos equipos y software de tecnología y telecomunicaciones (“Proyecto”) durante el período 2024-2025 según se establece aquí, que se fnanciarán con las reservas existentes sin costo adicional para los contribuyentes del Distrito, y consistirán en lo siguiente: (1) actualizaciones de equipos informáticos, (2) actualizaciones de conectividad inalámbrica de la red y (3) actualizaciones de telecomunicaciones, lo que incluirá el equipamiento, la construcción y otros trabajos necesarios, así como los costos preliminares, imprevistos y de fnanciación; se destinará para ello una cantidad que no exceda los $407,000, que se fnanciarán de la siguiente manera: $407,000 del fondo de reserva de capitales del Distrito para la renovación tecnológica II, creado el 20 de mayo de 2014; siempre que los costos detallados de los componentes puedan reasignarse entre esos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que tal reasignación redunda en benefcio del Distrito y puede realizarse sin ningún cambio material en el alcance del Proyecto.

PROPUESTA N.º 3 (Propuesta sobre Medidas de Efciencia Energética): SE RESUELVE (a) que, por

el presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar East Rockaway Union Free, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), a implementar mejoras de efciencia energética en todos los edifcios y espacios del Distrito, según lo autorizado por el artículo 9 de la Ley de Energía y la sección 155.20 de los Reglamentos del Comisionado de Educación; todo lo anterior para incluir el mobiliario original, los equipos, la maquinaria, los aparatos y espacios auxiliares o relacionados, la demolición y otros trabajos necesarios en relación con ello; y se destinará para ello, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos imprevistos a ello y su fnanciamiento, un monto que no debe exceder los $4,500,000; (b) que se autoriza al Distrito a suscribir uno o varios contratos de rendimiento energético o contratos de compra a plazos en relación con dichas mejoras de la efciencia energética; (c) que, en lugar de fnanciar las mejoras de efciencia energética con uno o más contratos de compra a plazos, por el presente, se vota un gravamen por un monto que no debe exceder los $4,500,000 para pagar los costos de dichas mejoras de efciencia energética; dicho gravamen se exigirá y recaudará en cuotas en los años y los montos que determine la Junta de Educación; y que, en previsión de dicho gravamen, por el presente se autoriza la emisión de bonos del Distrito por el monto de capital que no debe exceder los $4,500,000 y, por el presente se vota un gravamen para pagar el interés de dichos bonos en el momento de su vencimiento y exigibilidad; (d) que, de conformidad con la ley aplicable, el Distrito recibirá el diez por ciento (10 %) de la ayuda para la construcción de parte del estado de Nueva York siempre que los votantes del Distrito aprueben las mejoras de efciencia energética descritas en el subpárrafo (a) del presente documento, que se espera que se paguen con el ahorro de costos de energía, sin impacto resultante para el contribuyente; y (e) en caso de que los votantes del Distrito no aprueben esta propuesta, el Distrito está autorizado, en virtud de la ley aplicable, a llevar a cabo una o varias de las mejoras de efciencia energética descritas en el presente documento en la medida en que el ahorro de costos de energía asociado a dichas mejoras sea sufciente para cubrir el costo de estas, con lo que no

habría ningún impacto para el contribuyente.

d) Votar sobre cualquier otra propuesta que se pueda presentar oportunamente en la reunión.

e) La elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación. Se elaborarán tanto el resumen de la propuesta del presupuesto como el texto de todas las propuestas que aparecerán en la máquina de votación, como también una declaración detallada por escrito del monto que se exigirá para el año escolar 2024-2025, donde se describan los fnes y el monto de cada uno. Asimismo, previa solicitud, las copias de estos documentos se pondrán a disposición de todos los ciudadanos del Distrito en cada edifcio escolar del Distrito donde se encuentre la escuela entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. durante los catorce días inmediatamente anteriores a esta elección del 21 de mayo de 2024, sin incluir los sábados, domingos, feriados, y el día de la elección anual.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de acuerdo con la sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, el Distrito debe adjuntar un informe de exenciones al presupuesto sugerido. En este informe de exenciones, que también formará parte del presupuesto fnal, se mostrará cómo el valor total estimado de la lista de tasación fnal que se utilice en el proceso presupuestario queda libre de impuestos, se enumerarán todos los tipos de exenciones que otorgue la autoridad legal y se expondrá el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se prevé recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las nominaciones para el cargo del miembro de la Junta de Educación se deberán realizar mediante solicitud frmada por al menos 25 votantes califcados del Distrito y se deberán presentar en la ofcina de la Secretaría del Distrito en East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección, este año, el 22 de abril de 2024, a menos que la ley establezca lo contrario. Estas solicitudes deberán indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada frmante, el nombre y la residencia del candidato, y la duración del mandato. Los dos candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos

serán considerados electos para el cargo. En el caso en que los períodos tengan distintas duraciones, el candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos será la persona electa para el período más extenso. La Junta de Educación podrá rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara no tener voluntad para tomarlo.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que toda propuesta o consulta que deba colocarse en las boletas electorales debe presentarse por escrito mediante una solicitud frmada por al menos 100 votantes califcados del Distrito y presentada en la ofcina de la Secretaría del Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m., hasta 30 días antes de la reunión o elección en la que deba votarse esta consulta o propuesta, este año, el 22 de abril de 2024. Esta norma no se regirá excepcionalmente para las consultas o propuestas que deban informarse mediante la notifcación publicada de la reunión ni para aquellas que la Junta de Educación tenga la potestad exclusiva, conforme a la ley, de presentar en cualquier reunión anual o extraordinaria del Distrito.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que se permite el registro de los votantes califcados de este Distrito para la mencionada elección anual del Distrito en la ofcina de la Secretaría del Distrito desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:00 p. m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el jueves 16 de mayo de 2024 inclusive. Se preparará y presentará un registro en la ofcina de la Secretaría del Distrito, que estará abierto para que cualquier votante califcado pueda inspeccionarlo entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m. durante los cinco días previos a la elección, excepto los domingos, entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 11:00 a. m. el sábado 18 de mayo de 2024 solo con cita, y en el lugar de votación el día de la elección. El registro incluirá: (1) a todos los votantes califcados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para el registro; (2) a todos los votantes previamente califcados del Distrito que se hayan registrado anteriormente para cualquier elección o reunión anual o extraordinaria del Distrito, y que hayan votado en alguno de estos eventos realizados o llevados a cabo en cualquier momento durante los últimos cuatro años (2020-2023) y (3) a los votantes que estén registrados de manera permanente en la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Registros se reunirá durante el horario de votación en la reunión anual del Distrito el 21 de mayo de 2024 con el fn de preparar un registro para las elecciones o reuniones del Distrito que se realizarán después del 21 de mayo de 2024. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de boletas electorales por correo anticipado se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del Estado. Dichas solicitudes están disponibles en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del estado en https://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/miscellaneous o en el sitio web del Distrito Escolar https://eastrockawayscho ols.org/district/voter_regis tration_information, y en la ofcina de la secretaría del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., en los días en que la escuela está en sesión. Las solicitudes de boletas electorales por correo anticipado completadas deben recibirse a más tardar el 14 de mayo de 2024, siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral por correo anticipado se envía por correo al votante o hasta el día anterior a la elección si la boleta electoral se entrega personalmente al votante o a la persona que designe. No se aceptarán solicitudes de boletas electorales por correo anticipado antes del 22 de abril de 2024. Las boletas electorales por correo anticipado de los votantes se deben recibir por la ofcina de la secretaría del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección que se vayan a escrutar. En la ofcina de la secretaría del Distrito podrá consultarse una lista de todas las personas a las que se hayan emitido boletas electorales por correo anticipado cada uno de los cinco días anteriores a las elecciones, de 8:00 a. m. a 4:00 p. m., excepto los domingos, y solo con cita previa de 9:00 a. m. hasta el mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia para la elección de los miembros de la Junta Escolar y la votación del presupuesto escolar deben completarse en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del estado, que puede obtenerse en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fl es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/fle s/absentee-ballot-

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application-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), o comunicándose con la secretaría del Distrito por correo electrónico (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org) o por teléfono (516-887-8300, Ext.1-433). Las solicitudes completadas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al solicitante o hasta el día anterior a la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a la persona que designe. La secretaria del Distrito no aceptará solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia antes del 22 de abril de 2024. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la ofcina de la secretaria del Distrito durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, y únicamente con cita entre las 9:00 a. m. y el mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el Ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en la próxima elección del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que califcan como votantes del Distrito pueden obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por teléfono (516-887-8300, Ext. 1-433), fax (516-887-1802), correo electrónico (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org), correo postal (433 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518) o en persona (durante el horario regular de ofcina o entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m.) Los votantes militares que estén debidamente registrados pueden solicitar la boleta electoral militar mediante una solicitud al Distrito poniéndose también en contacto con la secretaría del Distrito. Las solicitudes completadas se deben entregar en persona o por correo postal a la Secretaría del Distrito, y se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 25 de abril de 2024. Las boletas electorales militares se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 21 de mayo de 2024 si están frmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección o no después del cierre de las urnas el 21 de mayo de 2024 si muestran una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o muestran un

endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si preferen recibir un formulario de inscripción para votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en la solicitud para dicha inscripción, boleta electoral o voto.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que esta Junta establecerá una reunión especial a partir de ese momento, dentro de las 24 horas luego de la presentación ante la Secretaría del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la votación, en East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School con el fn de examinar y tabular estos informes del resultado de la votación y declarar su resultado; que, por el presente y de acuerdo con la Sección 2019-a(2)(b), de la Ley de Educación, la Junta se designa como un grupo de secretarios de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante esta reunión especial de la Junta.

Fecha: 26 de marzo de 2024

East Rockaway, Nueva York

POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN, DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

NEREYDA AMAYA MORAN

Secretaría del Distrito 145933 LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION AND BUDGET HEARING OF LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK TO BE HELD ON MAY 21, 2024.

MAY 21, 2024

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual School District Election of the voters of the Lynbrook Union Free District will be held on May 21, 2024, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., in the following locations: Election District 1 - Lynbrook North Middle School, 529 Merrick Road, Lynbrook, NY; Election District 2Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY; Election District 3Lynbrook South Middle School, 333 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY.

The election shall be for the purpose of voting: (1) on the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the District for the 2024-2025 school year (Proposition

One); (2) to fll three vacancies on the Board of Education; (3) to transact such other business as may properly come before the voters; and (4) to vote on the following two additional propositions (Propositions Two and Three):

Proposition One: Budget

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Budget of the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District for the school year 2024-2025 in the amount of $106,395,443 as proposed by the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District be adopted and the Board of Education be authorized to levy a tax for that sum upon the taxable property of the school district to meet said expenditures after frst deducting the monies available from state aid and other sources.

Proposition Two: Use of the Technology Replacement Capital Reserve Fund

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District be authorized to expend from the Technology Replacement Fund, established on May 15, 2007, and extended and amended by the voters of the Lynbrook Union Free School District at the Annual District Meetings held on May 15, 2012, May 16, 2017, and on May 17, 2022, an amount not to exceed $254,000 for the purposes of providing instructional technology devices, as well as continuing a multi-year data wiring replacement and improvement project at no additional cost to District taxpayers to commence during the 2024-2025 school year; all of the foregoing to include furnishings, equipment, machinery, demolition and other work required in connection therewith, as well as preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the fnancing thereof; provided that the costs of the components of said project may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and no material change shall be made in the scope of the project.

Use of the Continuous Facilities Improvement Capital Reserve Fund

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District be authorized to expend an amount not to exceed: $1,800,000 from the Continuous Facilities Improvement Capital Reserve Fund established on June 9, 2020 for the following purposes: at

Lynbrook High School, the renovation of fve lavatories; at Marion Street Elementary School, the replacement of the cafeteria ramp and concrete walkways, and the repointing and waterproofng of the north side of the building; at West End, the addition of funds to the roof replacement project; and at the Administration Building, the renovation of two lavatories; all at no additional cost to District taxpayers to commence during the 2024-2025 school year; all of the foregoing to include furnishings, equipment, machinery, demolition and other work required in connection therewith, as well as preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the fnancing thereof; provided that the costs of the components of said project may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and no material change shall be made in the scope of the project.

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NOTICE that nominations for the offce of Board of Education member shall be made by petition subscribed by at least thirty-three (33) qualifed voters of the district and fled in the District Clerk’s offce at the Atlantic Avenue Administration Offce, 111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, NY, during regular offce hours not later than the 30th day before the election, this year April 22, 2024, except that on April 22, 2024, petitions may be fled from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Each petition shall state the residence of each signer and the name and residence of the candidate. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will each be elected to serve a term of three (3) years to commence July 1, 2024.

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NOTICE that the Board of Education shall hold a public budget hearing to discuss the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the 2024-2025 school year on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lynbrook High School cafeteria. The budget hearing will also be livestreamed at www.lynbrookschools.org /boe/virtual_meetings. Copies of the condensed form of the budget proposition, the text of all other propositions to appear on the ballot and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money that will be required for the 2024-2025 school year, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be made available,

upon request, to any district resident at each school house in the district which school is maintained between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the election, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Copies will also be made available at the public library within the District and on the District website.

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

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NOTICE that registration is permitted in the District Clerk’s offce from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, up to and including May 15, 2024. The Board of Registration will meet on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, to prepare a register of the qualifed voters for the Annual District Election, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such registry provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the election for which such register is prepared. The Board of Registration will also meet during the Annual District Election at each polling place to prepare a register for subsequent elections. The register shall include (1) all qualifed voters of the district who personally present themselves for registration; (2) all previously qualifed voters of the district who have been registered for and voted at any annual or special district election held within the last four calendar years (2020-2023); and (3) voters permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections. The register will be fled in the District Clerk’s offce where it will be open to inspection by any qualifed voter between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the fve (5) days prior to the election, except Sunday,

by appointment between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Saturday, and at each polling place on the day of the election.

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NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the State Education Department’s Website (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fl es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, Espanol

http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/fle s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or on the district website

https://lynbrookschools.or g/district/fnance_and_bu dget or by contacting the District Clerk by email (theresa.moran@lynbrook schools.org) or phone (516-887-6558).

Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent. Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 22, 2024. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s offce on each of the fve days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that applications for early mail ballots must be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the State Education Department’s website (https://www.counsel.nys ed.gov/sites/counsel/fles/ 24-04-school-applicationwith-form.pdf), by visiting the School District website https://lynbrookschools.or g/district/fnance_and_bu dget, or by contacting the District Clerk by email (theresa.moran@lynbrook schools.org) or phone (516-887-6558). Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent. Early mail ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 22, 2024. A list of all persons to whom early mail ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s offce

on each of the fve days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election. A military voter who is a qualifed voter of the District may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-887-6558), facsimile (516-887-3263), email (theresa.moran@lynbrook schools.org), mail (111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, NY 11563), or in person (during regular offce hours or between the hours of 8:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.). A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot. A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application by contacting the District Clerk. Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2024, if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 21, 2024, if showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government.

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NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 250 qualifed voters of the District and fled in the District Clerk’s offce during regular hours, except on the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon (this year April 22, 2024), when the hours shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District or propositions which are required by law to be placed in the legal notice.

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NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four (24) hours after the fling with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, Section 2019-a, Subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.

By Order of:

Board of Education Lynbrook Union Free School District Administration Building 111 Atlantic Avenue Lynbrook, NY 11563

Theresa Moran

District Clerk 145929

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION OF EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE HELD ON MAY 21, 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting of the qualifed voters of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, will be held on May 21, 2024, from 7:00 A.M and 9:00 P.M. in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, for the transaction of such business as is authorized by law.

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NOTICE that a public budget hearing will take place on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. in the library of Centre Avenue School, to discuss the proposed budget of expenditures of funds for the 2024-2025 school year. The meeting will be open to the public and livestreamed at www.eastrockawayschool s.org.

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NOTICE that the vote upon the appropriation of funds to meet the necessary expenditures for the 2024-2025 school year, on all propositions duly fled with the Board of Education, and to fll two (2) vacancies on the Board of Education, will be held in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, between 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M, to vote upon the following:

a) To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will serve a full three (3) year term to commence on July 1, 2024. The candidate receiving the second highest number of votes will fulfll the unexpired term of a former board member who resigned, which term will commence upon the individual being sworn into offce immediately following the election on May 21, 2024, and expire on June 30, 2025.

b) To vote upon the annual school budget for the school year 2024-2025 and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the property of the district for the foregoing purposes.

c) To vote upon the following propositions: PROPOSITION NO. 2

(Capital Reserve Fund for Technology Projects): RESOLVED, that the East Rockaway Union Free School District, is hereby authorized to undertake certain district-wide purchases and/or replacement of certain technology and telecommunications equipment and software (“Project”) during 2024-2025 as described herein, to be funded from existing reserves at no additional cost to District taxpayers, to consist of the following: (1) Computer Hardware Upgrades; (2) Network Wireless Connectivity Upgrades; and (3) Telecommunication Upgrades, including equipment, construction and other required work, and preliminary, incidental and fnancing costs; and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $407,000, to be funded as follows: $407,000 from the District’s Capital Reserve Fund for Technology Replacement II, established on May 20, 2014; provided that the detailed component costs may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and can be made without any material change in the scope of the Project

PROPOSITION NO. 3

(Energy Effciency Measures Proposition):

RESOLVED, (a) That the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to implement energy effciency improvements at all District buildings and sites, as authorized by Article 9 of the Energy Law and Section 155.20 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education; all of the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery,

apparatus and ancillary or 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 the estimated total cost of $4,500,000; (b) that the District shall be authorized to enter into one or more energy performance contracts and/or installment purchase contracts in connection with such energy effciency improvements; (c) that, in lieu of fnancing the energy effciency improvements with one or more installment purchase contracts, a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $4,500,000 to pay the costs of such energy effciency improvements, 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 and in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $4,500,000, and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; (d) that, pursuant to applicable law, the District will receive ten per centum (10%) of building aid from the State of New York provided that the voters of the District approve such energy effciency improvements described in subparagraph (a) hereof, which are expected to be paid for from energy cost savings, with no resulting impact to the taxpayer; and (e) in the event that the voters of the District do not approve this proposition, the District is authorized under applicable law to undertake one or more of the energy effciency improvements described herein to the extent that the energy cost savings associated with such improvements are suffcient to pay the cost thereof, resulting in no impact to the taxpayer.

d) To vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting.

e) The election will be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine, and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the 2024-2025 school year, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon

request, to any resident in the District at each school house in the District in which school is maintained between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. during the fourteen days immediately preceding said election of May 21, 2024, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and at such annual election.

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

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NOTICE that nominations for the offce of member of the Board of Education, unless otherwise provided by law, will be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualifed voters of the District, and fled in the District Clerk’s Offce, in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., not later than the 30th day before the election, this year April 22, 2024. Such petition must state the name and residence of each signer, the name and residence of the candidate, and the length of the term of offce. The two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes will be considered elected to offce. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote will be elected to the longest term. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the offce or declares his unwillingness to serve.

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NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the ballot must be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 100 qualifed voters of the District and fled in the District Clerk’s Offce between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., not later than the 30th day preceding the meeting or election at which such question or proposition will be voted upon, this year, April 22, 2024, except that this rule does not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published notice of the meeting, or to those propositions or questions which the Board of

Education has the sole authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District.

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NOTICE that registration of the qualifed voters of this District for said Annual District Election is permitted in the District Clerk’s Offce, between 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, up to and including Thursday, May 16, 2024.

A register will be prepared and fled in the District Clerk’s Offce and will be open for inspection by any qualifed voter between 8:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on each of the fve days prior to the election, except Sunday, between 8:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 18, 2024; by appointment only, and at the polling place on election day. The register will include: (1) all qualifed voters of the District who personally present themselves for registration; (2) all previously qualifed voters of the District who have previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within the last four years (2020-2023); and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County.

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NOTICE that applications for early mail ballots must be completed on a form prescribed by the State board of elections. Such applications are available on the State Education Department’s website at https://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/miscellaneous on the School District website https://eastrockawayscho ols.org/district/voter_regis tration_information, and available at the District Clerk’s offce between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. on days when school is in session. Completed applications for early mail ballots must be received no later than May 14, 2024, seven (7) days before the election if the early mail ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or to his or her designated agent. Early mail ballot applications will not be accepted before April 22, 2024. Early mail voter’s ballots must be received by the

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Students selected for “Long Island’s

Best” art exhibition at Heckscher Museum

Two East Rockaway High School art students have been selected to have artwork displayed at the prestigious “Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher Museum” art exhibition.

Senior Rahima Fnu and junior Katarina Nunez were among the top eighty student artists to have works chosen to be featured in the gallery. This competition is the only juried high school art competition on Long Island and receives over 500 submissions from school districts throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.

The “Long Island’s Best: Young Artists” exhibition opened on Saturday, March 23 and runs through May 5 at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington.

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for election of school board members and for voting on the school budget are to be completed on a form prescribed by the State board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the State Education Department’s Website: (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fl es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/fle s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or by contacting the District Clerk by email (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org) or phone (516-887-8300, Ext.1-433). Completed

Courtesy East Rockaway School District East Rockaway High School students Rahima Fnu and Katarina Nunez have been announced as winners of Long Island’s Best Art Competition and will have artwork displayed at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington.

applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent. Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 22, 2024. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s offce on each of the fve days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 A.M. and noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election. A military voter who is a qualifed voter of the District may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-887-8300, Ext. 1-433), facsimile (516-887-1802), email (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org),

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What’s the best way to remove columns?

Q. We are changing a commercial building space for new tenants, and they want us to remove columns. We have an architect, but he suggested hiring a structural engineer for the structural changes. We interviewed three engineers at the building. Their proposals for what they would do to remove columns varied greatly. The cost did, too, and we are concerned that the cheapest way to go is using single cables to support some of the beams from side to side, so that the beams with no columns would only be supported by a single cable running side to side underneath. Since we’ve never seen this before, we’re wondering if you have, and whether we can trust this solution. The savings would be great, costing only one-third of the most expensive refitting with new, much bigger beams. What do you think?

A. It sounds like a creative solution.

Suspending cables sideways across the space to remove columns means having a complete understanding of the weakest points of the installation. Cables are actually very strong and lightweight. The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable structure, and the design was the focus of a lot of scrutiny and concern before it was even chosen to get people across from Brooklyn to Manhattan over a century ago.

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With any structure, there needs to be a safety factor in the equations. Bridges are designed, generally, with a safety factor approaching 100 times the minimum requirement, which should make even the most skeptical person feel a little more confident making the crossing. But it isn’t the cables or beams that are of greatest concern when designing a structure. It’s the connections.

The next time you’re sitting in traffic, note the number and the size of the bolts connecting all the components of the bridge. Those bolts are analogous to a centipede’s legs. If the centipede lost a few of its many legs, it could still move from place to place. Structure should perform like the redundancy of a centipede. Each part spreads the load a given distance to the next component, just like the rafters in your home’s roof, as another example. If bridges had fewer bolts, they would need to be much larger, and there would be less safety.

So I’m asking you to question whether the single cable has enough safety factor calculated into the connectors. Remember, your building is only as good as the last hands that touched the installation. Missing bolts just caused a furor in the aircraft construction industry, so it isn’t wrong to double back and ask for confirmation about the single-cable design.

The Hyatt Regency Hotel overhead walkway collapse in Kansas City in July 1981 is an example of how a change in cable design can cause tragedy. Transferring the load from one cable to another with a faulty connection design killed 114 people and injured 216 more. Confirm the safety factor, and ask questions. Good luck!

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All I had to do was pick up a package that had been left at the wrong door.

I knocked. My neighbor let me in. Nothing felt out of the ordinary.

But then it happened. It was like raindrops hitting a tin roof, but it wasn’t raining, and we weren’t under a tin roof.

I followed the sound, and set my sights on something that hasn’t been in front of my eyes for at least a couple decades. It was a typewriter. An electric one, to be exact. An Olympia Compact S — one of the last typewriter models offered by a storied German manufacturer that lost the battle with computers and word processors.

Finding a typewriter nowadays requires a trip to a museum. But there are still many out in circulation — you just have to know where to look.

So it wasn’t necessarily the typewriter that surprised me, but who was using it:

Fmy neighbor’s teenaged daughter.

“Oh, don’t mind her,” my neighbor said. “She’s always on that typewriter.”

“But … but, why?” I asked.

“The sounds it makes are relaxing. And it reminds her of her grandfather.”

The young woman was composing a poem using paper from the printer. The ink of each letter was quite uneven, showing not only the antiquity of the machine in front of her, but also how spoiled we’ve become with laser printers and high-resolution screens.

what you’re creating. It also creates a sense of permanence a computer or smartphone can’t. And it can’t be hacked.

Typewriters, of course, aren’t the only things making a comeback. Vinyl records and Polaroid cameras have already made returns. So have flip phones. And, believe it or not, even pocket pagers.

F ixated on our devices, we’ll find ourselves longing for time away from all that.

I thought my neighbor’s daughter was unique in this love for typewriters, but apparently that’s not the case. Young people — especially in the so-called Gen Z — are rediscovering a number of relics from the past like typewriters, enjoying their simplicity, with maybe even a hint of nostalgia for a previous life, perhaps.

Exploring this new fondness for typewriters online has helped me discover some interesting feedback. There are no ads or messages popping up on the paper while you type, meaning you can focus on

All of these treasures should have been lost to time, but they weren’t. Yes, they had been replaced by something better and faster — but all of these artifacts were more than just tools. They helped define us in some way.

And that gives me real hope for other aspects of society that some might try to write off, like something near and dear to my own heart: newspapers. A few weeks back, a popular social media content creator named Kelsey Russell visited our newsroom. She has made a name for herself on TikTok by championing newspapers to her generation.

Can you pull up news on your phone or computer? Sure. But once you swipe it away, it’s gone. Newspapers, however,

can’t be swiped away. And they won’t be.

As we become more and more fixated on our electronic devices, we’re going to find ourselves longing for time away from all that. Without the distractions. Without the noise created by the intrusion of others. Without the glowing screen.

Books. Cameras using actual photographic paper. Phones that don’t do much more than call someone. Typewriters. And, yes, newspapers.

All of these will maintain places in our society, and that’s good. But please don’t call them antique. Many of us have indeed made many trips around the sun, but we don’t need the reminder.

And finally, you might think finding my young neighbor clickety-clacking away on a typewriter might inspire me to write these words on something similar. It certainly would be poetic in its own right.

But my MacBook Air is doing perfectly fine. I already lived through the times when typewriters were a necessary tool, not a novelty. Give me another decade or two before I’m ready to relive that, thank you very much.

Before Long Island, we were ‘t Lange Eylandt

or an area with as much history as Long Island, many of us tend to focus on the big events and names.

The Roosevelts. Washington’s spy ring. Billy Joel.

But an important — if overlooked — part of our history is the early Dutch settlement of the area.

Beneath Long Island’s modern landscape — with its bustling cities, quaint towns and scenic shores — lies a rich tapestry of history woven by the earliest European settlers. To comprehend the essence of Long Island — and, in many ways, all of New York today — we must understand its past, tracing back to the pivotal era of Dutch colonial settlement.

The roots of much Long Island’s identity — its culture, its governance, and even its place names — find their origins in the footsteps of Dutch explorers and settlers who arrived on its shores in the early 17th century.

The Dutch East India Company commissioned Henry Hudson to explore the uncharted waters of the New World in 1609. Hudson’s voyage led him to the shores of Long Island, where he navigated the waters of what is now known as

the Hudson River.

This encounter marked the dawn of Dutch interest in the region, culminating in the establishment of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.

However, it was not until the 1630s that the Dutch began to establish footholds on Long Island itself, with individual families acquiring land and laying the groundwork for settlements such as Southold and Southampton.

The significance of these early Dutch settlements cannot be overstated. They served as the foundation upon which Long Island’s communities were built, shaping its social, economic, and political landscape for centuries to come.

population, which now numbers more than 2 million.

The Dutch presence on Long Island was not without its challenges. The region became a contested territory, with rival claims from both Dutch and English authorities, as well as conflicts with Indigenous tribes.

T he story of the Dutch settlers is one of courage, perseverance, collaboration.

The Dutch settlers brought with them not only their language and customs, but also their expertise in agriculture, commerce and governance. Through their toil and perseverance, they transformed the untamed wilderness into thriving villages and towns, leaving an indelible mark on the island’s character.

It was also thanks to the Dutch that the first Jewish people arrived in what would become New York. Solomon Pietersen and Jacob Barsimson were the first Dutch Jews to come to America in 1654, followed later that year by 23 Jewish refugees fleeing Portuguese persecution in Brazil. These early settlers were the nucleus of what became New York state’s Jewish

The struggle for dominance played out in conflicts and negotiations, shaping the boundaries and allegiances of the burgeoning colonies, which still determine the borders between Nassau and Suffolk counties to this day.

Yet, despite these tensions, the Dutch settlers persevered, carving out a distinct identity for themselves within the diverse tapestry of early American society which lasted into the 1800s.

The legacy of the Dutch settlement on Long Island is evident in its place names, its architecture, and its cultural heritage. From the quaint villages of Astoria and Ravenswood, to the bustling streets of Queens Bridge Plaza, traces of Dutch influence are woven into the fabric of everyday life.

Long Island itself was named by the Dutch, who were the first to refer to the landmass as ‘t Lange Eylandt.

Nassau County was named after the royal house of Nassau — also known as the House of Orange — which continues to rule the Netherlands to this day.

Many of Long Island and New York’s prominent early families trace their genealogy to the early Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam and ‘t Lange Eylandt. The Roosevelts — originally spelled Rosenvelt — came to New Amsterdam between 1638 and 1649, and would build their fortune through their properties across Long Island and in upstate New York, while the Vanderbilts came to the area in 1650.

To truly understand Long Island’s past and present, it is essential to explore the rich history of its Dutch settlers. Their story is not just a chapter in the annals of American history, but a living testament to the enduring legacy of exploration, settlement and adaptation.

As we reflect on the journey of those early pioneers, we gain insight into the forces that have shaped Long Island into the vibrant and dynamic region it is today.

In commemorating the legacy of the Dutch settlement, we honor the resilience and ingenuity of those who laid the foundation for our communities. While not perfect people by any means, theirs is a story of courage, perseverance and collaboration, reminding us of the enduring power of diversity and cooperation in shaping the course of history.

As we look to the future, we need to draw inspiration from the past, embracing the spirit of discovery and exploration that defines the legacy of the Dutch settlement on Long Island.

Will Sheeline is a senior reporter covering

Don’t wait for Earth Day to care about Earth e

arth Day is April 22, just two and a half weeks away.

It’s a day that’s been around since 1970, yet it seems the condition of our planet since then has gotten worse rather than better.

Climate change has caused global temperatures to rise, resulting in more severe storms, wildfires and megadroughts. Places that are typically cold are becoming warmer, and places that are usually warm are becoming hotter.

What can regular people like us do to turn back the rising tide of global climate change? Becoming better caretakers of whatever small patch of the world we inhabit is a start.

Earth Day is just one day, but its significance should carry over into every day. And it’s all about sustainability and stewardship — which requires daily commitment, vigilance and action.

We can start by remembering the three R’s — reduce, reuse and recycle. That means buying products with minimal packaging, reusing items like bags to carry our groceries, and recycling everything from paper and plastic to glass and metal.

We can reduce energy consumption by turning off lights and appliances when we’re not using them, and when we are, ensuring that they’re energyefficient. We can conserve water by fixing leaks, taking shorter showers, and

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watering our lawns only in the early morning or the evening to reduce evaporation.

And, of course, we can find more efficient ways to get around. Do we continue using the same old practice of fueling vehicles with fossil fuels, or do we dive into diverse technologies? And do we really need to take a car when we can hop on a bus or train, or even ride a bike or walk?

It’s hard to believe we can make a difference on our own, but we can. Especially if we aren’t alone in making conservation a way of life. And we can make an even bigger difference by backing more environmentally friendly ways to produce energy, like wind turbines — whether on land or out in the ocean.

One example is the South Fork Wind project, some 35 miles off Montauk, which is expected to generate about 130 megawatts of renewable energy — enough to power an estimated 70,000 Long Island homes. Officials believe that it could eliminate up to 6 million tons of carbon emissions over the 25-year life of the project — the equivalent of taking 60,000 cars off the road.

It’s a start. But we have a ways to go to get all of the homes on Long Island — more than 1 million of them — powered this way.

To continue the march to a cleaner, greener planet, we need individual and

I think most of us wish the two leading candidates for president weren’t so old. You have to be at least 35 to serve as president, but there’s no restriction on the other end. You could be 117 and still be eligible to hear “Hail to the Chief” every time you walk into a public gathering.

I’m 86, and damn well know someone my age is too old to be in the Oval Office unless they’re just visiting. How about a constitutional amendment that sets down a series of challenges that must be met by anyone over 70 seeking to be commander in chief?

First there would be a dime test. A dime would be dropped on the floor at a busy deli, and the candidate would have to pick it up on the first try. The retrieval would have to be accomplished by bending over. Anyone getting down on their knees to get the dime would be automatically disqualified.

Then there would be a memory test. An examiner chosen by an independent panel would meet with each hopeful candidate, and early in the conversation three famous political quotes would be used: “I am not a crook,” “Read my lips: no new taxes,” and “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”

collective efforts on the local, national and global levels to continue expanding. If they don’t, we could see significant ocean rise in our lifetimes — literally bringing the sea into our backyards as early as the 2040s. The planet is getting warmer, polar ice is melting, and all that water has to go somewhere.

Since the first Earth Day 54 years ago, millions of people in nearly 200 countries have taken part in activities whose aim is to enhance the planet’s environment. The annual event has helped push legislation in many countries — including the United States — intended to reduce the human race’s collective carbon footprint, and help us find ways to live more sustainable lives.

But the work is far from finished. Our schools need to teach environmental literacy. The media — from newspapers and television to the hottest social media platforms — must circulate necessary, accurate information.

In April, as trees bud, flowers sprout and temperatures warm, it’s time to get outside and enjoy the greenery and sunshine. But as we take a hike or pedal along our local bike paths, or walk along our waterways or the shore, our thoughts should turn to advocacy and activism on behalf of the planet we inhabit. Because we shouldn’t fight to protect the Earth just on Earth Day, but every day.

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In vitro fertilization is worth fghting for

one of the greatest joys an individual or couple can experience is the birth of a child.

Unfortunately for millions of people, that joy is denied, though sometimes only temporarily, due to infertility. It is estimated that one in eight individuals or couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy.

The rapid advancement of medical technology in the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility has led to the development of several treatments, but none is more promising or has been more successful than in vitro fertilization. IVF is a series of medical procedures that can help someone who is having difficulty conceiving become pregnant. During the process, mature eggs are taken from ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a laboratory. The fertilized eggs or embryos are then medically placed in a uterus.

A full cycle of IVF takes two to three weeks. In many instances, the fertilized

embryos are frozen and stored for future implantation.

Since its clinical approval in 1978, IVF has provided infertile people the best opportunity to conceive and have children. Between 2017 and 2019, 10 percent of women between ages 15 and 44 received fertility treatments, and IVF resulted in 90,000 births. The procedure’s use continues to grow, with nearly 100,000 infants being born in 2021. IVF has been shown to have a 44.5 percent success rate for women younger than 35. Its acceptance and popularity in the United States is undeniable, with 42 percent of adults saying they know someone who has used IVF to have a child.

t he procedure’s acceptance and popularity in the United States is undeniable.

The ability to take advantage of IVF is closely linked to the procedure’s affordability. The cost of IVF treatments can be well in excess of $20,000. Due to its high cost in New York state, I cosponsored Assembly Bill 2646-A in 2018, which required insurance companies to provide coverage for IVF treatments. That legislation became law in 2019.

Despite the significant steps that have been taken to increase its avail-

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At the end of this session, which would last a minimum of one hour, the candidate would be asked to recall the quotes. He or she would have to remember at least two of them to be eligible to run.

And third, the new constitutional amendment would require a cursive test. The candidate, in a room alone, would be required to write, in cursive, an essay of at least 700 words, explaining why he or she thought he or she would be a swell leader of America. The content of the essays would not be judged or graded. A judge appointed by the two major political parties would simply check to make sure the essays were indeed written in cursive. If you don’t know cursive, you belong in Hell, and not in the White House.

Think about all this, please. It’s time for a change.

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ability, IVF has come under direct threat, thanks to a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court in February. The case arose from an incident at an IVF treatment clinic in which the frozen embryos of three couples were accidentally destroyed. The couples sued the clinic for negligence and wrongful death. In its decision, the state court declared that embryos created through IVF should be considered human beings, and as such granted all legal rights and protections under the law.

The ruling immediately forced three of the eight fertility clinics in Alabama to pause their IVF treatments out of concern that physicians might face civil liability or criminal prosecution if they rendered the treatment. Since the decision, the Alabama state legislature has passed laws protecting IVF providers from legal liability.

In response to the Alabama ruling, State Sen. Jack Martins and I filed legislation that would protect IVF in New York. Despite the fact that New York law is the opposite of Alabama law when it comes to the definition of human life, there is a glaring absence of a definition of the legal status of fer-

tilized embryos that have been frozen for the purpose of IVF treatments. My legislation, Assembly Bill 9412, seeks to amend state Public Health Law Section 2599 by providing that any fertilized human ovum or embryo existing outside a uterus shall not be considered an unborn child, a minor child, a natural person or any other term that connotes a human being.

This legislation is needed to protect the availability of IVF treatments in New York by providing legal clarification, so that fertility centers and physicians aren’t exposed to civil liabilities and possibly criminal sanctions. The bill has been assigned to the Assembly Health Committee, where I hope it will be immediately considered and presented for a vote.

IVF offers hope to millions of people who are having trouble becoming parents. No matter a person’s political affiliation, religious beliefs or gender, no one should ever take any action that jeopardizes the hope and dream of becoming a parent. We must make sure that any ambiguity in state law, as it pertains to the definition of human life, is clarified so that IVF treatments can never be put at risk by a future court decision.

Brian Curran represents the 21st Assembly District.

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ing. Criminals are walking our streets because Democrats don’t want to lock up people who commit crimes.

Why do Democrats think it’s oK for someone to walk into any store and steal everything off the shelves, or assault someone on the street? People walk our streets and continue to commit crimes, and thanks to the Democrats, are free to commit more crimes. Most if not all of those who are arrested are back on the street before a police officer can complete the paperwork.

Arresting and incarcerating criminals is not being racist. People today are generally afraid. A police officer is killed by a convicted felon with a gun who had 21 arrests but wasn’t in jail. Another subject, also carrying a gun, was arrested last year on gun charges, but thanks to Democrats’ bail reform was out on the street. Between them they had a total of more than 40 arrests, including violent felonies.

It surely seems that Democrats favor criminals over private citizens. We need new leadership in Albany to stop this. Albany Democrats have failed us, made us less safe, and people have died.

Steve Grogan is a retired federal agent and former Lynbrook village trustee.