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A high-tech way to help out Chamber president 3D-prints face shields, ventilator part and said, “We’ve got work to do.”

Each year, the chamber of raises funds for the pediatric “Non-essential” businesses unit at Nassau University Mediacross New York have been cal Center with its Culinary forced to close by order of Gov. Delights fundraiser. Once Levy Andrew Cuomo to prevent the began his new project, he called spread of the novel his connections at coronavirus. the hospital to see “All of our small if they could use businesses are strughis shields. gling mightily right After sharing now,” said Michael photos and inforLevy, the East Meadmation about the ow C h a m b e r o f project on his Commerce presiFacebook page, dent. “It’s a tremen- mIChAEl lEVy he started getting dous struggle to get President, calls, texts and through a day, and messages from East Meadow I’m no different than health care workChamber of Commerce ers who asked if other business.”

Levy owns Minhe could make uteman Press in masks for them.

Levittown. Although he is open, In the last two weeks, he has prohe has had fewer orders and duced and donated 25 face projects because most customers shields. are out of work, he said. The Levy isn’t stopping there. bulk of the printing he does now When he heard about a national is for the Town of Hempstead shortage of ventilators for and includes projects like signs, patients fighting the coronavimailers and fliers. rus, he learned about a key piece With more time on his hands of the equipment that is needed. and his printers sitting idle, he The Venturi valve, which consaid, “I wanted to help out where nects to the facemask so oxygen I could.” After reading news sto- can be delivered at a fixed conries about people who had centration, must be replaced after 3D-printed face shields for health care workers, he called his staff Continued on page 3

By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

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wanted to help out where I could.

Courtesy Benny Diasparra

STAFF mEmBERS AT North Shore University Hospital Manhasset prepared for a meal donated by Nina’s Deli and Caterers in East Meadow.

A feast for those on front lines Nina’s Deli caters meals for health care workers

By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Each morning for almost two weeks, Benny Diasparra and his wife, Meaghan, have been opening their business, Nina’s Deli and Caterers, at 5:30 a.m. The East Meadow catering company hasn’t take much of a blow so far during the coronavirus pandemic, because the deli didn’t offer dine-in service.

“Me and my wife run this

business together, so we’re blessed we’re able to continue operating,” Benny said.

To keep customers safe from the virus, all orders are now cashless, and there is curbside or doorstep delivery to limit contact. Otherwise, business was continuing as usual.

Then, two weeks ago, the Nina’s staff prepared an order for a party that ended up having to cancel at the last minute. The food was already prepared, so Dias-

parra wanted to donate to any group of workers at the front lines of the pandemic, to show his gratitude.

He reached out to a family friend, who connected him with Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services. “It just started to snowball from there,” Diasparra said.

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E.M. Deli looks out for health care workers health care workers and emergency personnel who were working all night, exposing themselves to the virus, to keep others safe.

“While everyone gets to watch Netflix and hang out and get more time with their kids, these people are in the worst, most stressful time of their lives,” he said. “This was the least we could do.”

At first, Nina’s Deli footed the bill for more orders that Diasparra donated to hospitals, fire departments, police precincts and other emergency services.

Then, as he began sharing what he was doing on social media, friends and business owners started asking if they could help.

Jimmy Luca, who runs Executive Auto Collision, was the first business that sent Nina’s a donation to fund its next gift. Gradually, more and more East Meadow businesses and residents began sending donations, and now the deli sends out as many as three orders a day. It has catered lunch for places as local as the Nassau University Medical Center and as far away as the

71st Police Precinct in Manhattan, where an East Meadow resident works.

In a photo shared on Facebook, Beraliza Mendoza Pepanio, a nurse at North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, thanked Diasparra and Nina’s Deli and wrote, “[I’m] grateful to you and your community for thinking of us health care workers during this pandemic. We appreciate your kindness!”

Diasparra’s parents owned a gourmet market in Roslyn for 30 years until they sold it during the Great Recession in 2008.

Diasparra, who had just graduated from high school at the time, said he was enthralled by the food business and wanted to follow in his parents’ footsteps.

In 2009, he and Mea ghan opened a sandwich shop in East Meadow, which became Nina’s Deli. The couple now live in Seaford with their two children.

“We’re extremely humbled and extremely amazed at the support for me and my family and what we’re doing and trying to accomplish,” Benny said. “So many people are really coming out to be a part of this effort.”

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Courtesy Benny Diasparra

the nurses in the intensive care unit of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park were treated to a meal donated by Nina’s Deli and Caterers in East Meadow.

Business leader uses a printer to help in a crisis bought the business from Steve Haller, a past chamber president who inspired each use.

He started printing copies of the part Levy to get involved.

Now in his second year as chamber on Monday, and is sending them to a hospresident, Levy is helping East Meadow pital in need.

The 3D printers use filament, which is small businesses stay afloat through the a roll of plastic that Levy said looks like pandemic. “It’s a tough time for everyone, and we want spaghetti. The filaeveryone to get some ment is then melted help in one way or and molded into a another,” he said. final product.

This week, the It takes roughly chamber launched a an hour to print plan to encourage each face shield, to members to patronwhich Levy must ize one another’s then add foam in businesses while order to cushion the g iv i n g b a ck t o mask against the health care workers forehead, as well as and emergency peran elastic band, so it sonnel. Through the can be fastened project, pitched by around the user’s Vice President Richhead. One Venturi ie Krug Jr., members valve takes three can donate food hours to print, but orders from local requires no further restaurants to assembly.

MichaeL Levy, the East Meadow NUMC, the East Levy sends waivChamber of Commerce president, has Meadow Fire ers to those who been 3D-printing face shields at his busiDepartment or accept his products, another emergency “so they understand ness, Minuteman Press in Levittown. service. The chamI’m not a medical ber will match each supplier, just doing donation. something I can,” he said.

“We’re trying to help wherever we He has owned Levittown’s Minuteman Press since 2013, after meeting company could help,” Krug said. “I know you’ve representatives at a franchise trade show heard it a thousand times, but we’re all at the Javits Center in Manhattan. He in this together.” continued from front page

Photos courtesy Michael Levy

Levy has printed 15 face shields that he has donated to health care workers throughout the community.

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paRishioneRs at holy Trinity Orthodox Church, in East Meadow, lined up by family on Sunday, March 22, for their last Holy Communion until further notice.

Orthodox Church joins ban on large gatherings By tiMothy Denton tdenton@liherald.com

The call and response of the hymns reverberated throughout the church on Wednesday evening, icons gently peering down from the walls on the priest in his shining brocade robes of purple and gold, just as it has for more than a thousand years. The only difference this day was that the church in East Meadow was empty, and the priest, V. Rev. Martin Kraus, was joined only by his wife, Matushka Dennise Kraus, who took the part of the choir in the service.

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, which serves all of southeast Nassau County, including Seaford and Wantagh, fell silent as a community after its last public liturgy on Sunday, as New York’s ban on gatherings of more than 50 was extended to religious organizations. The Orthodox Church was the last major denomination to cease holding public services.

“I’d rather die than not have Communion,” parishioner and Desert Storm veteran Scott Cackett muttered grimly as he waited in line to receive the sacrament.

The parish was directed by Archbishop Michael (Dahulich), head of the Dio-

cese of New York and New Jersey, and Metropolitan Tikhon (Mollard), the church’s primate, to obey all civil authorities in deciding its course in the coming weeks.

“I’m grateful we’re already streaming our liturgy, that we already have all the equipment in place,” Fr. Martin said. “A lot of churches are having to learn this now, but we already have a few years’ experience.”

In the coming weeks, Kraus said he would continue the regular round of services as completely as possible. His wife will continue to fill the roll of canonarch, or master of ceremonies, and choir combined.

The choir in the Orthodox Church has a much fuller role than in most other churches, acting as a partner in the drama of the church’s liturgical celebrations.

Last week, Fr. Martin asked the church’s choir director, Dr. Nicholas Reeves, to self-isolate as a preventive measure, so that Reeves would be healthy for the demanding Holy Week rites. Now, it is uncertain how the church will celebrate Pascha, as Easter is known, which falls on April 19.

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RatepayeRs in the North Shore Water District will not see the originally scheduled rate hike for another five months.

NYAW postpones April rate hike until September

By Mike Conn mconn@liherald.com

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, New York American Water announced on March 25 that it is postponing its scheduled April 1 rate hike until Sept. 1. The rate hike would see households in the North Shore Water District using 8,000 gallons of water per month have a bill increase from $76.89 to $80.35.

A household using 20,000 gallons of water per month would have an increase of $196.49 to $207.91.

“New York American Water recognized the need for action in these unprecedented times,” said NYAW President Lynda DiMenna, “and we are grateful to Chair [John] Rhodes and the [Public Service] Commission for their leadership and swift action to postpone the Company’s previously approved rate increase, originally scheduled to go into effect April 1, until September 1, 2020. Access to clean, safe and reliable water service is essential and we hope to provide some relief for those customers who may experience financial hardships as a result of this public health emergency.”

NYAW said it has suspended the shutting off of water services due to non-payment and service will be restored to ratepayers whose service was previously dis-

continued for nonpayment.

State Sen. Jim Gaughran, a Democrat from Northport, said he spoke with NYAW earlier in March about the rate increases and told them they could not go through with the rate hike at this time.

“They could not allow these rate increases to continue during what may be the crisis of our lifetime as a state and community,” he said.

Although Gaughran said the state has been preoccupied with assembling and passing its budget leading up to the April 1 deadline, he said he will continue to push legislation calling for the establishment of a public water entity in the North Shore Water District once it is settled.

When Sept. 1 comes around, he said, it is possible that the state could be in an economic hole stemming from the pandemic, making the push for public water even more essential.

“Ultimately, regardless of everything else that’s going on,” Gaughran said, “[residents] need to have public water because of all the environmental issues and costs that come along with having safe drinking water. It’s just not a possibility to have people paying a private entity much more than people who have public water.”

“There cannot be anymore increases at all,” he added. “It’s unconscionable.”

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HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — April 2, 2020 Photos by Christina Daly/Herald

Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital has set up two triage tents for coronavirus patients amid the outbreak. Together, the tents can fit up to 20 cots, but hospital administrators said the number could be doubled if necessary.

MSSN sets up COVID-19 triage tents

By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

As coronavirus cases climb at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, the hospital has set up two triage tents in a parking lot, and the local business community is pitching in to help the staff.

“We have more than 100 patients who are COVID-positive,” said Joe Calderone, the hospital’s senior vice president of corporate communications and development. “The surge is here.”

The triage tents will be used to screen patients who present with coronavirus-like symptoms. Combined, the tents can hold up to 20 cots, but the number can be doubled as needs arise, Calderone said. They were built to keep patients who have the symptoms away from others and as an extension of the Emergency Department.

Calderone cautioned that the triage area is not meant to be a testing center like the one set up at Jones Beach. If people feel coronavirus-like symptoms, they are urged to call their primary physicians and not to come to the hospital seeking a test.

The tents are fully equipped and will enable physicians to obtain electronic medical records, while also providing patients with a language translator as needed. Patients will be brought into and discharged from the tents as needed, Calderone said, and they will be brought into the hospital’s Emergency Department if they need additional care. The department has designated a space to house coronavirus positive patients as a way to segregate them from those who are suspected to have the virus, and patients who do not exhibit symptoms.

The tents were a part of hospital administrators’ emergency preparedness plan for the expected rise in patients amid the pandemic. As an additional measure, the Nassau Parkway entrance on the southern part of the

DoctorS anD nurSeS working in the negative-pressure tents will be able to access patients’ electronic medical records from computer terminals located in each tent. hospital has been reopened for ambulatory patients after being recently closed for a construction project.

While the hospital had some issues with mask and supply shortage when coronavirus cases climbed, its partnership with Mount Sinai has enabled it to procure the needed equipment, Calderone said. In addition, the Chinese American Association of Long Island donated 10,000 surgical masks to the hospital last week, and construction workers who are not working because of the virus have also donated materials.

“We’re grateful that the community has been responding to the hospital’s needs,” Calderone said.

Even though local shops have had to limit business recently, they are no less in the giving spirit, perhaps even more so than ever before.

Healthcare workers at the hospital

received many food donations from local businesses as they treat coronavirus patients.

Workers from Dee’s Nursery also showed community spirit by placing carnations on every car in the physician and employee parking lot last week to express their appreciation.

Calderone said the donations have raised the staff ’s mood. “It’s extremely helpful, but it’s more than just the food,” he said. “It’s really lifting the spirits of everyone here, especially our frontline staff because they see that the community is rallying around the hospital, and that’s more valuable than the food.”

Dana Sanneman, MSSN’s executive director of public affairs, said a few community groups have raised money through Facebook and used it to pay local businesses to deliver to area hospitals. “The community is supporting the businesses,” she said. “The restaurants

that are shut down except for takeout, it’s keeping them going, and at the same time, it’s helping the frontline workers.”

The Kiwanis Club of Oceanside and the Oceanside Library have also joined forces to help the staff at Mount Sinai South Nassau and local restaurants, delis and other businesses, but they need the community’s assistance.

Volunteers from the Kiwanis and library staff are collecting donations and will coordinate with MSSN to purchase meals from local eateries to deliver to its staff. Sanneman and Calderone each expressed their gratitude to the library and Kiwanis Club for their efforts.

Tony Iovino, the library’s assistant director for community services, explained the motivation behind the collection.

“We have a close partnership with Mount Sinai South Nassau,” he said.

“They regularly run programs for our patrons at the library. We decided to run a fundraiser and use the money to have meals delivered to the hospital staff and to our local first responders.”

Iovino said donations poured in from more than 100 residents, as well as Kiwanis members, library personnel, the Kiwanettes of Oceanside and the chamber of commerce. The efforts raised more than $5,000 in the first week, and the plan is to deliver 200 meals at a time to the hospital.

Additionally, the project received a large donation from the Levitt Foundation, a trust that has provided the library with grants in the past. “The grant was arranged by Patricia Roth, a library trustee and Kiwanian, and will enable us to deliver a lot of meals in the weeks to come,” Iovino said.

For more information about making donations to Mount Sinai South Nassau, call (516) 377-5360.

Briana Bonfiglio contributed to this story.

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Governor Cuomo extends Curran urges nonprofits, municipalities to apply for aid stay-at-home directive b e e n d i s ch a r g e d f ro m h o s p i t a l s, including 846 yesterday. “You see a trend line people being discharged,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo, speaking Cuomo said, noting that 20 percent Sunday in Albany, extended a direc- of COVID-19 patients must be hospit ive t h at ke e p s a l l n o n - e s s e n t i a l talized. Among those who were hospitalized and released workers at home was the so-called through April 15. The “patient zero,” the New order came as the total Rochelle attor ney who n u m b e r o f C OV I D - 1 9 was the first reported cases statewide reached c o r o n av i r u s c a s e i n more than 60,000 as of New York.

Monday morning.

Cuomo spoke of the The USNS Comfor t, travel ban, or quaranhe said, was headed to tine, President Trump N ew Yo rk a n d wo u l d had proposed for New a r r ive by M o n d ay. I t Yo r k S a t u r d a y. T h e would not treat coronapresident backed down virus patients, but on the plan, and the rather would attend to Centers for Disease other pressing cases to Control and Prevention relieve pressure on Governor andrew cuomo instead issued a travel New York City hospia dv i s o r y, a s k i n g t h at tals, a number of which N e w Yo rk e r s e n g a g e are struggling to keep pace with the influx of COVID-19 o n l y i n e s s e n t i a l t r ave l . C u o m o pointed out that New Yorkers are patients.

Some 76,000 retired medical pro- under a stay-at-home directive that fessionals had volunteered to help requires they only travel outside treat patients, the gover nor said, their homes when necessary.

Fo r m o r e, c h e c k t h e H e r a l d ’s praising their bravery.

An estimated 3,600 patients had daily updates on liherald.com.

On March 20, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that “federal emergency aid has been made available for the state of New York to supplement states, tribes and local recovery efforts” in areas that have been affected by the coronavirus.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is urging all local hospitals, nonprofits and municipalities to “dedicate staff to apply for this very important FEMA disaster assistance.”

FEMA reimbursements will fund actions retroactive to Jan. 20 that relate to “saving lives, protecting public health and safety, preventing damage to public health and safety and preventing damage to public and private property.”

Potential applicants must complete a webinar via WebEx. The webinar has a brief application process that can be found at https://bit.ly/2UDpC87.

“We are experiencing an unprecedented situation that is causing an extraordinary financial burden on our local economy, especially essential operations throughout the County. I am strongly recommending all eligible organizations join this webinar as the first step to applying for the assistance available in order to keep these essential operations going through this pandemic. We will continue

New Horizon Counseling offers help amid crisis

County seeks comment on business activity

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

New Horizon Counseling Center in Valley Stream, one of the region’s leading nonprofit behavioral health organizations, is available seven days a week to provide support and counseling during the coronavirus crisis.

New Horizon offers a “full plate of services,” including services for adults, teenagers and families. The center takes a “compassionate, patient-centered” approach to counseling.

Particularly important during this time, New Horizon offers telemedicine, via telephone or telehealth.

A statement by New Horizon reads:

“We are navigating uncharted territory, and in times like these, many of us are suffering. It’s important to understand that we are not helpless. Now more than ever, it’s so important to maintain a connection. New Horizon Counseling is your lifeline to your emotional health. Social distancing and quarantine don’t have to mean lack of connection. Reach out to the New Horizon team and let us support and empower you during this critical time.”

To reach New Horizon, call (516) 569-6600.

— Scott Brinton

Presidential primary moved

By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

Governor Cuomo has moved the presidential primary date from April 28 to June 23 because of concern over possible COVID-19 spread during the primary. The move came Saturday as coronavirus cases statewide surpassed 52,000, and by the end of the weekend had topped 60,000.

Also over the weekend, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said the virus had spread to the Nassau County

Correctional Facility in East Meadow, where three inmates were infected and 13 were under “precautionary quarantine.”

Curran said another virus, with symptoms similar to COVID-19, appears to be out in the community, making detection of the coronavirus harder.

“If you are mildly symptomatic,” she said, “you can stay home and call your healthcare provider.”

For more, follow the Herald’s daily updates on liherald.com.

Nassau County’s Coronavirus Economic Advisory Council is asking business owners to fill out a confidential survey to gauge how the COVID-19 outbreak is hurting small, medium and big businesses throughout the county.

Survey data will be sent to state officials, including Governor Cuomo, to ensure that Long Island receives future assistance dollars that it might be entitled to, Kevin Law, executive director of the Long Island Association, said Friday during a LIA webinar to help businesses survive the coronavirus outbreak.

County Executive Laura Curran created the advisory council, and appointed Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz and Nassau Industrial Develop-

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naSSau county ExEcutivE Laura Curran announced that Nassau is holding online webinars for those applying for FEMA assistance. to work with our state and federal partners to get as much support as possible,” said Nassau County Executive Laura Curran in a release.

ment Agency Chairman Richard Kessel to head it up.

The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete, and asks questions on how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected businesses’ employees, finances and operations.

“Working together as a business community will be critical to our future success once the crisis subsides,” said Kessel, who added that the IDA is reviewing proposals from development firms to advise the county on economic recovery.

The survey may be found at hofstra. edu/economicimpact, with responses due

by April 1.

For more, go to nassauida.org.

— Scott Brinton

Governor:

School’s out through April 15 Schools must remain closed and learning must continue to take place online, at least through April 15, according to a new executive order issued by Governor Cuomo Friday to protect students and teachers against the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The order extends an earlier one that had closed schools through March 30.

As of Sunday, more than 60,000 New Yorkers had been infected with the coronavirus.

Cuomo described the pandemic as historic, saying it is testing the nation and will forge character.

For more, go to liherald.com for daily updates.

— Scott Brinton

Physical, mental impact of coronavirus

HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — April 2, 2020

By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

Health officials continue to place a strong emphasis on the physical and mental wellbeing of the community as coronavirus cases continue to soar across Nassau County, leading to fear and a lot of unanswered questions.

As of press time on Monday, the county had more than 2,400 confirmed cases. Overall, there have been nine coronavirus-related deaths in the county.

Flattening the curve’

Dr. Adhi Sharma, the medical director for Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, described the influx of patients to the facility as “nonstop,” but said the community can do its part to help keep coronavirus cases down by heeding the warnings of health professionals.

“I can’t stress how important social distancing is,” Sharma said. “We have two full units full of sick people, so it’s not overblown. This is an extreme situation.”

Sharma said it was against policy to comment on the number of cases the hospital has and how many people are being tested. He did note, however, that physicians are keeping patients who are suspected of having the virus or confirmed to have it in a different environment than others.

According to Sharma, people practicing social distancing and frequently washing their hands is the best way to flatten the curve of cases and could help against health officials’ forecast that the peak of the illness in the U.S. may be more than a month away. He added that people can contract the illness and start spreading it instantly despite not feeling symptoms for as long as five to six days.

While the majority of patients who die from the virus tend to be senior citizens, Sharma noted, it does not mean that younger people are immune.

“If people think their age is going to protect them, they may be in for a horrible surprise if they contract the virus,” he said.

Sharma said that anyone who feels mildly ill should self-isolate rather than go to hospitals or doctor’s offices, which are inundated with sick people because of the virus and it being flu season. He added that if a person exhibits symptoms and feels that they should get tested because there is an at-risk person at home, they should call ahead and make an appointment.

Doctors do not recommend retesting after a person is diagnosed with coronavirus because they want to conserve tests. Sharma said the wait time for results has improved because the hospital was initially sending tests out to a lab in North Carolina, but now sends one to a high-volume lab in New Jersey, and may soon be able to send tests to Mount Sinai in Manhattan, which could make results available daily.

Sharma added that he was proud to see the staff at MSSN step up during a

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time of crisis. “It’s been an amazing thing to see how people are banding together, working together and putting themselves in the line of fire,” he said, “and the dedication and commitment is really heartwarming.”

The mental toll

Anthony Santella worked in downtown Manhattan during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and was a student at Tulane University in New Orleans at the height of Hur ricane Sandy. Now an associate professor of public health at Hofstra University, he said he plans to use those experiences to help others cope.

“While I don’t have any formal education in emergency pre paredness and response,” he said, “it has Dr. Adhi guided the work that I do and the response I have to man-made or natural disasters.”

Santella is using his training in public health and infectious diseases to help younger people understand the pandemic. He developed two free webinars, one for children and teens in elementary and middle school on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 4 p.m., and the other for high school students on Thursdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. The webinars, which Santella is conducing alongside his two nieces, who are 12 and 10 respectively, will feature a half hour information session about what the coronavirus is, followed by a question and answer session. Those looking to register can do so at anthonyjsantella.com.

William Sanderson, a professor of psychology at Hofstra and the director of its anxiety and depression clinic for two decades, said he is taking a threepronged approach to helping his students.

Sanderson said he is telling them to keep the risk in perspective and realize

that not everyone who contracts the virus will die, to limit their media and social media intake significantly while sticking to a few sources for information so that it is not overwhelming, and to keep a normal routine as much as they can. To practice social distancing, Sanderson communicates with students and colleagues via Zoom video chat, and has fostered a positive message for them.

“This will change and this will go away,” he said of the virus. “It will certainly leave a lasting impact like 9/11 did and like Hurricane Sandy did. It may even be more profound than either of those two, but engaging in a c t iv i t i e s a n d l o o k i n g toward the future will be helpful.”

Psycholo gist Dr. Paul Sharma Engel, of Oceanside, said he is now treating patients over the phone or via video chat and noted that while there have been some adjustments, most have found it helpful to continue to be able to speak with him.

Engel is part of Queens Long Island Community Services, a counseling program under the umbrella of the Flushing Jewish Community Counsel. He speaks with clients from temples and churches in Nassau and Queens, including the Oceanside Lutheran Church and the First United Methodist Church in Oceanside.

Engel said he has witnessed a range of reactions to the virus, and has noticed that a large number of people are depressed and agitated. He said fear over the virus, a loss of income due to work closings and anxiety among those who are not used to being homebound have been the most common issues he has seen. He added that he tries to keep the video and phone conversations at the routine time he met with patients in-person before the outbreak.

“I stress the idea of doing some sort of exercise, maintaining a good diet and getting rest,” he said. “Those things are essential and also what’s important is to reach out and interact with people, if not in person, then through the various technological ways you can.”

Banding together

Though businesses are being hurt by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ruling that they can only offer takeout, it did not stop Bonbino’s Pizza, on Lawson Boulevard in Oceanside, from delivering free food to the staff at MSSN on March 18.

“They did so unsolicited,” said Joe Calderone, the hospital’s senior vice president of communications. “I think that the community is seeing that the health care workers here are on the front line of this crisis.”

Calderone said he was grateful to the pizza shop and to his staff for rising to the occasion during a crisis. Two weeks ago, a crew of workers moved the hospital’s oncology infusion center to conference areas on the first floor so that the existing space could be used to house coronavirus patients. Another conference area was also converted to a sleeping area for the staff.

“This has been an all hands on deck situation and every staf f member knows that this is a crisis that we really haven’t seen in our lifetime before,” he said.

Sharma said the community needs to stick together, and that if people wash their hands and practice social distancing, things can return to normal soon.

“Times of crisis are times when Americans do their best,” he said.

“They band together and show the strength that they have as a community.

We’ll get through this like we have every other crisis, and we’ll find the bright light on the other side, hopefully in a few weeks. If people take this seriously and do the right thing, we can flatten the curve.”

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The association is seeking donations to make the small care packages to show its appreciation for the soldiers’ hard work and dedication. Packages will also be sent to those working behind the scenes as well, who are not on state active duty, but are volunteering their time to the Guard.

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ColleeN VaNdermark wears one of the Tyvek hoods.

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Colleen Vandermark, assistant director of radiology and imaging at Mercy Medical Center, part of Catholic Health Services, has been a firsthand witness of the effect the nationwide shortage of supplies caused by COVID-19 has had on the medical community. To alleviate the shortage, Vandermark, along with her sons and their friends, decided to help.

After doing some research, the team discovered that they could make hoods out of Tyvek material, which are reusable and safe. According to hospital infection prevention control experts, these hoods could help with conserving other supplies, as doctors and nurses would not have to wear face shields or eyewear when wearing them. The Tyvek hoods are especially useful because they allow health care workers to preserve the integrity of the N95 mask longer since the hoods offer full coverage.

As of last week, Vandermark and her team had constructed more than 100 Tyvek hoods, which have been distributed to the medical staff at Mercy Medical Center. They are made out of Tyvek, duct tape and page protectors.

“During this national shortage, it

truly takes a village,” said CHS’s President of Mercy Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital Peter Scaminaci. “I’m so thankful to Colleen, her sons and their friends for going above and beyond to help keep us all safe. We are blessed to have such caring employees and members of our community.”

Tyvek offers superior protection against a variety of hazards, including liquid, oils, chemicals, airborne elements and even tiny dust particles and fibers. The material is made from high density polythene fibers that offer high levels of resistance to wear and tear. It allows for moisture to get out but not in, preventing any droplets from getting through the hoods.

“As a health care worker, I wanted to do more during these trying times,” Vandermark said. “My boys and their friends wanted to help lessen the stress in the communities we live and work in.

That’s when we came together to create these hoods. We are so happy they have been well received.”

Vandermark and her sons, Kevin and Brian Vandermark, as well as their friends, Thomas Ammirati, Michael Fritz and Thomas Kelly, said they plan to continue to construct these hoods and will be donating them to CHS hospitals throughout Long Island.

Belmont construction on halt “The progress that has been made since the groundbreaking is truly incredible, and is a credit to all of the construcConstruction on the Belmont Park tion workers that have been there every redevelopment project grinded to a halt on day,” he continued. “Those workers are all March 27, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo part of our community, and we want them announced that all “non-essential” con- safe and healthy.” struction would stop to maintain social As of last month, almost all of the aredistancing. The project was na’s foundation was installed, expected to be completed in and Anthony Lopez, senior time for the 2021 - 22 hockey project manager for Manhatseason. tan-based Sterling Project In his announcement, the Development said he expected governor defined essential the majority of the steel and construction as projects that the roof to be installed by the are “necessary to protect the summer. health and safety of the occu“By the summertime of pants, or to continue a project this year,” he vowed at the if it would be unsafe to allow time, “you’re going to see a it to remain undone.” The fully-developed building.” term includes work on bridgA new substation to power es, roads, transit facilities, the arena was also about 60 to utilities, hospitals, health care 70 percent complete at the end facilities, affordable housing lou of February, according to and homeless shelters.

Peter Montalvo, the associate lamoriello All other projects would be project manager of PSEG, President and put on pause until April 21. and construction on a new The Belmont Park project, general manager, full-time Elmont Long Island meanwhile, includes the con- New York Islanders Rail Road station was expectstruction of an 18,000-seat ed to begin in the spring. arena for the New York LIRR officials have worked on Islanders hockey franchise, a 250-room the station’s design since last fall, Hector hotel, a community center, commercial Garcia, the railroad’s senior director of office space and 350,000 square feet of external affairs, said, and the Metropoliretail space. tan Transportation Authority board “We support Gov. Cuomo’s efforts to approved a $65 million contract for the staeliminate the COVID-19 virus,” Lou Lam- tion’s construction at the end of January. oriello, Islanders president and general The south platform, serving eastbound manager, said in a statement, calling trains, was to be completed by October Cuomo “the driving force behind the con- 2021, with the north platform finished a struction of the Belmont Park arena. year later.

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“We truly hope and pray that efforts to flatten the COVID-19 curve are successful as soon as possible,” Clavin said, “but as strong and capable as our healthcare system is, it is already being tested to its limits. We need to act now to ensure that no patient will be left behind.

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The of ficials, who co-chair the town’sCoronavirus Task Force, said that deploying NDMS personnel into COVID19 “hotspots” could augment current disaster response. According to the Nassau County Department of Health, as of March 29, Hempstead Town had nearly 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the most of any municipality in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

According to the system’s website, more than 5,000 medical professionals can be counted on to “protect health and augment healthcare systems to stabilize patients and save lives.” As hospitals across the region are pushed to the limit in the fight against coronavirus, officials said the service could be an invaluable supplement to burdened health care providers, and potentially save more lives.

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Since we’re all essentially stuck at home, this would be a good time to fill out the 2020 Federal Census. It’s quick and easy and can now be done completely online! Counting every resident within the United States is important, as the enumeration assists the federal government with the allocation of funding within the nation. At its core, however, the census is a tool to determine the number of representatives that each state gets to send to Congress; since the House of Representatives is based on the population of each state, it is important that each state gets its fair share of representation.

There are currently 435 members of the House of Representatives and, like a pizza pie, each “slice” must go to an equal percentage of the population. The Senate, of course, is not based on population: since its inception, each state has sent two Senators. The number of Congressmen each state is allocated also directly affects the number of electors each state sends to the Electoral College, which indirectly chooses the president every four years.

A unique feature of the census is that the form is different each decade. A quick look at census forms over the past 150 or more years will reveal how conditions of each time period influenced the questions asked of each resident. For instance, during the peak period of European immigration to the United States,

census forms asked about immigration and naturalization status. During the Depression years, the census form asked about unemployment. Throughout the years, some forms have inquired about home ownership, farm values, and literacy. Most forms ask about ancestry but categories of race, ethnicity, and national origin have changed radically. One thing remains constant: it is possible to use public census records to paint a very clear picture of a community at any given time or analyze how that place changed over time. All records contain the names and ages of the people living in a household, though without accompanying maps and deeds, it is hard for the amateur genealogist to pinpoint where a family may have lived in rural areas without addresses (like East Meadow). I have spent the past week scrutinizing some of these records, maps in hand, and would like to pinpoint a few interesting records from the 1900 Federal Census, looking at families on the HempsteadBethpage Turnpike.

The Rowehls, German-born truck farmers featured in an earlier article, lived at the current East Meadow-Levittown border. Just west of the Rowehls lived Albert Berg, whose brother Peter lived on Front Street. Their father, also Peter, was born in Denmark. In the 19th century, the elder Peter ran a saloon at the corner of Front Street and Merrick Avenue. West of the Berg family farm resided Frances Calcagnina and his fami-

ly, who are inexplicably absent from the 1900 Federal Census. J.P. Morgan’s Hempstead Farm was just west of Newbridge Road, but Mr. Morgan, being a wealthy industrialist, did not live permanently in one home and is not listed as an East Meadow resident.

Richard Lowden, 58, was listed as the head of household for his farm just west of J.P. Morgan’s property at Carman Avenue. Richard lived with his wife, Mary, and his children, Florence, Addie, Jessie, Walter, Bertha, and William. Two boarders lived with the Lowdens and worked as farm laborers: John Brand and Charles Simmon. Mr. Simmon was born in Switzerland, moved to the United States in 1890, and became a naturalized citizen.

Just west of the Lowdens lived Owen and Elizabeth Reilly (or Riley – the handwritten records are inconsistent), ages 69 and 70 respectively, and their three single adult children named James, Rose, and Julia. Owen and Elizabeth moved to the United States from Ireland in 1850 and became farmers in East Meadow.

At the northwest corner of Hempstead Turnpike and Newbridge Avenue (near current-day Park Boulevard) was the estate of George C. and Elizabeth Tatem, ages 55 and 54, and three sons. George claimed to be a professional musician (further research revealed his skills as an organist in New York City) but was a most interesting well-known personality in East Meadow. The following year, he would start a stretch as Justice of the

Peace of the Town of Hempstead. He also served as coroner, Masonic leader, and of course, farmer. The Tatems were parents to a large number of children, many of whom had already married.

One 22-year-old son, Edgar, still lived at home and was listed as a painter. On a corner of the Reilly property, just across from his parents, lived another son, Francis. Frank, as he was known, was 26 years old and a painter. He lived with his wife Ida, 24, and their infant daughter named Agnes.

West of George Tatem’s property, south of the turnpike, was the small Wood family farm. George, 49, and Carrie, 42, lived there with their seven young children. Next door was the home of Elbert P. and Sarah Smith, ages 51 and 50, respectively, and their seven children.

Elbert was a carpenter and his 27-yearold single daughter Carrie was a dressmaker.

Students — what do the occupations of East Meadow landowners in 1900 tell you about our community then? How has it changed? © Scott Eckers Dr. Scott Eckers is the author of East Meadow (in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series). He is a trustee on the East Meadow Board of Education and serves as a teacher and administrator in a nearby school district. He is also an entertainer and recording artist.

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Every couple of months as I near the tistic in my own time. There is, however, a three -year anniversary I find myself ask- key difference — a voice biometrics ing my auto insurance firm when my requirement every couple of modules in defensive driving discount is coming up which I had to call a specified phone numfor renewal. I generally know it’s a spring- ber, identify myself by reading a series of time event, as I usually spend six hours in two-digit numbers (saying “four-five” a “one-day-on-a-weekend” course wishing instead of “forty-five” for example) so that the system could continI was outside in the beautiful ue to “recognize” my voice April sunshine. and verify it was really me. I This year, with the obvious appreciate the technology, but restrictions brought by the the fact that anyone would be pandemic, my April course willing to stand in for me (or was cancelled and I signed up for anyone else) is pretty for the online version noticing astounding. the real differences beyond Was this better than in perthe curriculum for the course. son — that is listening to the In person it’s a pretty bad jokes of the facilitator straight-forward process: sign during a precious weekend? in and provide driver’s Will this method work out if license, expect the icebreaker auren ev the certificate of completion by the instructor to poll the will be sent to me in 14 busiattendees for their reasons for ness days with a limited staff taking the session and watch a group of fellow classmates distracted by in charge? It’s a new road taken, but at the presentation about distracted driving least I never had to debate the lunch as they look at their phones and talk with break with a bunch of strangers or watch an attendee sleep peacefully throughout the person sitting next to them.

The toughest parts of an in-person the entire seminar without ever getting meeting is when there’s one attendee who noticed. lengthens the required six hours with their obscure questions or the classic and A contributing writer to the Herald since perpetual debate on whether we want a 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resifull-hour lunch or are willing to take a dent and a direct marketing/advertising half hour to get this done and be back out- executive who teaches advertising and marketing communications courses at the side before nightfall.

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Andrew Vardakis wasn’t going to let anything interfere with his ninth wedding anniversary with his wife Allison, he said, despite social distancing at home to stem the tide of the coronavirus.

The East Meadow couple renewed their vows yesterday via FaceTime under Town of Hempstead Clerk Kate Murray.

“I gotta be honest, I wanted to try to surprise her,” Andrew said. “But I couldn’t figure out a way to do it without letting her know so she could wear something nice.”

“We’ve been wearing our pajamas every day,” Allison added, noting that the couple had been mostly working at home and helping their children adjust to remote learning.

The couple took a break for the vow renewal and were accompanied by three flower girls: their children, Holly, 7, Sophia, 4, and Olivia, 1.

The video was streamed on Facebook Live, where the couple’s family was able to view it. The Town of Hempstead also shared the story on its Facebook page in a post that read, “Self-isolation won’t stop true love!”

“I think it was just really great that the Town Clerk was able to step aside and do a personal thing like that for us,” Andrew said.

Andrew and Allison met in 2005 before they began dating in 2008 and married three years later.

Two weeks after their honeymoon, Andrew went to boot camp to begin training to join the U.S. Coast Guard. Prior to his military career, Andrew was the photo editor for two years at the Long Island Herald Community Newspapers.

Then, in 2015, Andrew left for his assignment overseas and served on a ship in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain, where he kept patrol as a boatswain. His job was to stay in charge of small boats, rescue and survival programs.

ALLISoN vARdAkIS, LEfT, and her husband Andrew, both of East Meadow, renewed their vows yesterday via FaceTime to celebrate their ninth anniversary. Their flower girls were their daughter’s Sophia, 4, Holly, 7, and Olivia, 1.

Andrew returned home in December 2016 and has since been serving at the King’s Point Coast Guard station. In January 2017, he and his family moved to East Meadow.

“The Coast Guard is really good about taking care of their members and being very transparent,” Andrew said. He still works from King’s Point on days when he is needed, but the number of staff working simultaneously has been reduced and there have been extra precautions set in place to keep them safe.

Allison is a volunteer ombudsman with the Coast Guard, meaning when new soldiers arrive to the station, she helps their families adjust. Her job has become entirely remote and now includes helping military families access necessary resources during the scourge of the coronavirus.

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HealtH teacHer Melissa Pissanos taught a fourth-grade class from Barnum Woods Elementary School all about the immune system in a recent lesson.

FourtH-grade students FroM Barnum Woods elementary School recently acted out key parts of the immune system during a lesson with health teacher Melissa Pissanos.

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LEGAL NOTICE REUNIÓN ANUAL AVISO DE REUNIÓN Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DE LA ESCUELA Y BIBLIOTECA EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que la reunión anual, la votación del presupuesto y la elección de East Meadow Union Free School District se llevará a cabo el 19†de†mayo†de†2020, entre las 7:00†a.†m. y las 9:00†p.†m. en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares hasta ahora establecidos en los siguientes asuntos individuales: 1. Propuesta†1: los gastos estimados para fines escolares (presupuesto escolar) para el siguiente ciclo lectivo 2020-2021 y para autorizar el gravamen y la recaudación de los impuestos necesarios correspondientes.

2. Propuesta†2: campo de césped. POR CUANTO, el 7†de†marzo†de†2017, los votantes de East Meadow Union Free School District, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “distrito”) aprobaron el gasto de no más de $44,244,720 para la construcción de mejoras y ampliaciones de varios edificios y lugares de la escuela, sustancialmente de acuerdo con un plan preparado por el distrito con la ayuda de John A. Grillo, Arquitectos (el “proyecto original”), y, subsecuentemente, la Junta de Educación autorizó la emisión de bonos que no excedan los $44,244,720 y el gravamen de un impuesto en cuotas para pagar dichos bonos y el interés que de ellos se derive; y POR CUANTO, la Junta de Educación ahora ha determinado que es conveniente y necesario modificar el proyecto original de acuerdo con el plan revisado preparado por los arquitectos del distrito para prever la construcción de dos campos de césped artificial con caucho pulverizado verde y la eliminación de un campo de atletismo de césped, cuyas modificaciones aumentarán el costo del proyecto original en no más de $2,582,080; SE RESUELVE: (a)†Que, por el presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del distrito a modificar el proyecto original al (i)†eliminar el campo de césped que se propuso construir en East Meadow High School, y (2)†construir un campo de césped artificial con caucho pulverizado verde en East Meadow High School y también un campo de césped artificial con caucho pulverizado verde en el sitio principal de W.T. Clarke High School; y por consiguiente, para gastar en ello, entre el equipo, la

maquinaria, los aparatos y sitios auxiliares o relacionados, la demolición y otros trabajos necesarios, los gastos preliminares y los gastos adicionales a estos y a su financiación, la suma de no más de $2,582,080; y (b)†se autoriza el gravamen y la recaudación de un impuesto por un monto que no supere los $2,582,080 para ser cobrado en cuotas en los años y por el monto determinado por la Junta de Educación para pagar dichos costos; y, en previsión de dicho impuesto, por el presente se autoriza a la Junta de Educación a emitir bonos del distrito por un monto que no supere los $2,582,080, y, por el presente, se autoriza un impuesto para pagar el capital y los intereses de dichos bonos.

3. Propuesta†3: los gastos estimados para fines bibliotecarios (presupuesto de la biblioteca) para el siguiente ciclo lectivo 2020-2021 y para autorizar el gravamen y la recaudación de los impuestos necesarios correspondientes.

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Cualquier otra pregunta o propuesta con respecto a los asuntos, gastos o autoridad para gravar impuestos que pueda ser presentada a votación de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación.

POR EL PRESENTE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la votación sobre los gastos estimados para los fines escolares y bibliotecarios para el ciclo lectivo y para la elección de miembros de la Junta de Educación y la Junta de la Biblioteca se llevará a cabo el 19†de†mayo†de†2020 en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares anteriormente establecidos.

LA VOTACIÓN será por medio de boleta electoral en máquinas de votación en las escuelas designadas en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares individuales anteriormente establecidos, y las urnas permanecerán abiertas para votar desde las 7:00†a.†m. hasta las 9:00†p.†m., y por tanto tiempo como sea necesario para que todos los votantes presentes en el momento emitan su voto.

NOTIFÍQUESE TAMBIÉN que en la votación y elección que se realizará el 19†de†mayo†de†2020, se elegirán dos†(2) miembros de la Junta de Educación y un†(1) miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca de la siguiente manera: (a)†dos miembros de la Junta de Educación para un periodo completo de tres†(3) años que comenzará el 1†de†julio†de†2020 y finalizará el 30†de†junio†de†2023.

(b)†un miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca para un periodo completo de cinco†(5) años que comenzará el 1†de†julio†de†2020 para suceder en funciones a Ellen Matishek, cuyo mandato finaliza el 30†de†junio†de†2020.

NOTIFÍQUESE TAMBIÉN que la elección debe llevarse a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas de Realización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación y la ley aplicable.

NOMINACIÓN DE CANDIDATOS NOTIFÍQUESE TAMBIÉN que los candidatos para los cargos de miembros de la Junta de Educación y miembros de la Junta de la Biblioteca deben ser nominados por solicitud.

Los candidatos a miembros de la Junta de Educación se presentan en general. La solicitud de cada candidato para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación debe estar dirigida a la secretaria del Distrito Escolar, a cargo del superintendente, debe estar firmada por al menos cuarenta y cuatro†(44) votantes calificados del distrito, dicho número constituye el 2†% del total de los votantes que votaron en la reunión anual del 21†de†mayo†de†2019, debe establecer el domicilio de cada firmante y debe establecer el nombre y el domicilio del candidato.

Cada vacante por completarse por fideicomisarios de la Junta del a Biblioteca se debe considerar un cargo específico y separado. Se debe pedir una solicitud por separado para nominar a un candidato para cada cargo en particular. Cada solicitud para candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca debe estar dirigida a la secretaria del Distrito Escolar, a cargo del superintendente, debe estar firmada por al menos cuarenta y cuatro†(44) votantes calificados del distrito, dicho número constituye el 2†% del total de los votantes que votaron en la reunión anual del 21†de†mayo†de†2019, debe establecer el domicilio de cada firmante, debe establecer el nombre y el domicilio del candidato y debe describir la vacante específica en la Junta de la Biblioteca para la que el candidato es nominado; esta descripción debe incluir al menos la duración del cargo y el nombre del último titular.

Cada solicitud debe presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, entre las 9:00†a.†m. y las 4:30†p.†m. y no después de las 5:00†p.†m. del 20†de†abril†de†2020.

DISTRITOS ELECTORALES ESCOLARES NOTIFÍQUESE TAMBIÉN que los límites de los siguientes distritos electorales escolares deben ser aquellos anteriormente determinados y publicados por la Junta de Educación, y el lugar en cada distrito electoral para el registro y la votación será el siguiente: DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR 1 Los límites del distrito electoral escolar n.º†1 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike; al este con Wantagh State Parkway; al sur con North Jerusalem Road; al oeste con East Meadow Avenue desde la intersección de North Jerusalem Road a Lenox Avenue y, luego, al noreste con Eighth Avenue, al este con Newbridge Road, y al norte con Hempstead Turnpike.

Los votantes calificados del distrito electoral escolar n.º†1 votarán en Parkway Elementary School ubicada en 465 Bellmore Road en dicho distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR 2 Los límites del distrito electoral escolar n.º†2 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con el lado sur de Hempstead Turnpike desde la intersección con Merrick Avenue que va hacia el este hasta la intersección con Newbridge Road.

Limita al este con el lado oeste de Newbridge Road desde la intersección con Hempstead Turnpike que va hacia el sur hasta la intersección con Eighth Avenue. Limita al sur con el lado norte de Eighth Avenue; hacia el sudoeste hasta la intersección con Lenox Avenue y East Meadow Avenue; hacia el noroeste con East Meadow Avenue al número 604; hacia el oeste con Maitland Street; hacia el sur con el lado norte de Lenox Avenue y continúa al suroeste hacia el extremo sur de las calles Benito, Patterson, Adelphi, Coakley y Albert Street y con el extremo oeste de Sidney Place, Powers Avenue y Kevin Place dirigiéndose del oeste al lado este de Prospect Avenue al número 1530 y hacia el noreste hasta la intersección de Chestnut Avenue, procediendo al noroeste sobre el lado noroeste de Chestnut Avenue hasta la intersección con Front Street, luego hacia el suroeste en el lado norte de Front Street hasta la intersección con Merrick Avenue. Limita al oeste con el lado este de Merrick Avenue desde la intersección con Front Street, hacia el norte hasta la intersección con Hempstead Turnpike.

Los votantes calificados del distrito electoral escolar n.º†2 votarán en McVey Elementary School ubicada en 2201 Bellmore Road en dicho distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR 3 Los límites del distrito electoral escolar n.º†3 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Hempstead Turnpike desde Meadowbrook Parkway hasta Merrick Avenue, al sur hasta el punto de intersección del lado sur de Front Street y al este con Chestnut Avenue. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Merrick Avenue; hacia el sur desde Hempstead Turnpike hasta Front Street hacia el lado sur de Front Street; hacia el noreste desde Merrick Avenue hacia el lado oeste de Chestnut Avenue, desde Front Street hasta Prospect Avenue hasta el número 1489; luego al sur incluye a Marian Court, Dieman Lane, Flower Lane, Sherwood Drive, Andrea Road, los extremos norte de Cynthia, Wenwood y Bruce Drives, el extremo oeste de Cynron y Meadow Lanes y Midland Drive y el lado sur de Lenox Avenue hacia el este de East Meadow Avenue; continúa hacia el este en el lado oeste de East Meadow Avenue desde Lenox Avenue hasta Irving Place, al sur desde el número 604 East Meadow Avenue hacia el sur de North Jerusalem Road. Limita al sur con North Jerusalem Road hasta el punto de intersección de Ennabrock Road, incluyendo a Ennabrock Road hasta North Jerusalem Road; el oeste con Meadowbrook Parkway. Limita al oeste con Meadowbrook Parkway desde North Jerusalem Road hacia el norte de Hempstead Turnpike.

Los votantes calificados del distrito electoral escolar n.º†3 votarán en Barnum Woods Elementary School ubicada en 500 May Lane en dicho distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR 4 Los límites del distrito electoral escolar n.º†4 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Country Road hasta el punto de intersección de Wantagh State Parkway.

Limita al este con Wantagh State Parkway hacia el sur de Oyster Bay Town Line y luego al este de Newbridge Road, hacia el sur desde Newbridge Road hasta Twig Lane. Limita al sur con Twig Lane, hacia el oste de Wantagh State Parkway, y, luego, hacia el sur del lado norte de Hearth Lane en Friends Lane hacia el oeste hasta la intersección del lado oeste de Carman Avenue, desde el sur hacia el lado norte de Salisbury Park Drive y continuando en el

lado norte de Salisbury Park Drive en dirección norte desde Stewart Avenue hacia Old Country Road.

Los votantes calificados del distrito electoral escolar n.º†4 votarán en Bowling Green Elementary School ubicada en 2340 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, NY, en dicho distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR 5 Los límites del distrito electoral escolar n.º†5 son los siguientes: Limita al norte desde el lado sur de Hearth Lane en Carman Avenue, hacia al este de Wantagh Parkway; al norte con Oyster Bay Town Line; hacia el este con el lado sur de Levittown Parkway hasta la intersección de Newbridge Road. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Newbridge Road, hacia el sur con Wantagh Parkway; continuando al sur con Wantagh Parkway hasta la intersección de Hempstead Turnpike.

Limita al sur con Hempstead Turnpike desde la intersección con Wantagh Parkway hacia el oeste hasta la intersección con Bly Road.

Limita al oeste con Bly Road hacia el norte y al este con Ava Drive; hacia el norte y este con Erma Drive; hacia el sur con Nottingham Road; hacia el este (incluyendo Florence y Jane Courts) hasta el lado este de Carman Avenue, hacia el norte con la intersección de Hearth Lane.

Los votantes calificados del distrito electoral escolar n.º†5 votarán en M e a d o w b r o o k Elementary School ubicada en 241 Old Westbury Road en dicho distrito.

REGISTRO PERSONAL DE VOTANTES TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que todos los votantes calificados del distrito escolar deben estar registrados en los libros de registros del distrito escolar o en la lista oficial de votantes registrados e inscritos para el pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, emitido por la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau, para votar en la reunión y en las elecciones del 19†de†mayo†de†2020.

Las siguientes personas serán elegibles para votar: Todas las personas que se hayan presentado personalmente para registrarse de acuerdo con la sección dos mil catorce de la Ley de Educación y todas las personas que se hayan registrado previamente en virtud de la presente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o especial y que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o especial celebrada o llevada a cabo durante los cuatro años calendario anteriores al†2020 (es decir, entre el 2016 y el 2019).

Además, serán

elegibles para votar todas las personas que estén registradas de acuerdo con las disposiciones de la sección trescientos cincuenta y dos de la Ley de Elecciones del estado de Nueva York.

El registro de los votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para votar se llevará a cabo desde el 5†de†mayo hasta el 11†de†mayo de†2020 inclusive, en los días en que la escuela esté en sesión, entre las 9:00†a.†m. y las 4:00†p.†m., en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York. El registro nocturno se realizará el miércoles†6 de†mayo de†2020 en el pasillo principal de Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, entre las 7:00†p.†m. y las 8:00†p.†m. El registro de los votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y sean elegibles para votar también se realizará el 11 de†mayo de†2020, entre las 8:30†a.†m. y las 12:30†p.†m. en cada uno de los 5†distritos electorales, en los lugares indicados previamente.

La Junta de Registros se reunirá para preparar el registro del distrito escolar en las fechas y horas especificadas anteriormente, y cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se incluya su nombre en dicho registro, siempre y cuando en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registros tenga derecho a votar en la reunión o elección escolar para la que se prepara dicho registro.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Registros también se reunirá durante la elección de distrito anual en cada escuela donde se realizará la votación con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones del distrito que se celebren posteriormente.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el registro de votantes preparado antes mencionado se presentará en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito luego de ser completado, donde debe permanecer abierto para que cualquier votante calificado del distrito pueda inspeccionarlo entre las 9:00†a.†m. y las 4:00†p.†m. durante los cinco días previos, incluso el día establecido para las elecciones, con excepción del domingo, y el sábado desde las 9:00†a.†m. hasta las 11:00†a.†m.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la presentación oficial del presupuesto escolar adoptado se realizará el 6 de†mayo de†2020 a las 7:00†p.†m. en The Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury,

NY. Se realizará una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto bibliotecario propuesto el 6 de†mayo de†2020 a las 8:00†p.†m. en el departamento de bomberos de East Meadow, 197 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow, NY. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el presupuesto escolar propuesto para el 2020/2021 está disponible para los residentes del distrito, si lo solicitan, desde el 29 de†abril de†2020 en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY. El presupuesto bibliotecario propuesto para el 2020/2021 está disponible para cualquier residente, si lo solicita, desde el 5†de†mayo de†2020 en la biblioteca pública de East Meadow, 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, NY. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las copias del presupuesto escolar propuesto para el 2020/2021 y del presupuesto bibliotecario propuesto para el 2020/2021 pueden obtenerse por cualquier residente del distrito, si lo solicita, en cada una de las oficinas de las escuelas del distrito, en las oficinas del distrito escolar que se mencionan a continuación, entre las 9:00†a.†m. y las 4:00†p.†m., todos los días excepto los sábados, domingos o feriados por un periodo de 14†días antes de la reunión y de la elección anual.

El presupuesto escolar propuesto para el 2020/2021 también estará disponible en el sitio web del distrito escolar.

Barnum Woods E l e m e n t a r y School 500 May Lane East Meadow, NY. 11554 Bowling Green Elementary School 2340 Stewart Avenue Westbury, NY. 11590 McVey Elementary School 2201 Devon Street East Meadow, NY. 11554 M e a d o w b r o o k Elementary School 241 Old Westbury Road East Meadow, NY. 11554 Parkway Elementary School 465 Bellmore Road East Meadow, NY. 11554 Woodland Middle School 690 Wenwood Drive East Meadow, NY. 11554 W. Tresper Clarke Middle School 740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, NY. 11590 W. Tresper Clarke High School 740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, NY. 11590 East Meadow High School 101 Carman Avenue East Meadow, NY. 11554 Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center 718 The Plain Road Westbury, NY. 11590

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TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que, conforme a la sección†495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, un informe de exención donde se detallen las exenciones de los impuestos de los bienes inmuebles debe estar disponible y anexado a cualquier presupuesto tentativo, preliminar o final.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que cualquier residente puede obtener copias del presupuesto escolar propuesto para el 2020/2021 y del presupuesto bibliotecario propuesto para el 2020/2021 en la biblioteca pública de East Meadow, 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, NY., todos los días desde las 9:00†a.†m. hasta las 9:00†p.†m., excepto los miércoles, días en los que el presupuesto estará disponible entre las 11:00†a.†m. y las 9:00†p.†m., y estará disponible todos los días excepto los sábados, domingos o feriados por un periodo de 14†días previos a la reunión y elección anual.

El presupuesto bibliotecario propuesto para el 2020/2021 también estará disponible en el sitio web de la biblioteca pública de East Meadow.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la solicitud para votos por ausencia se debe realizar en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, en Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY. 11590.

Las solicitudes completas deben ser recibidas por la secretaria del distrito por lo menos siete†(7) días antes de la elección si la boleta debe enviarse por correo al votante, y un (1) día antes de la elección si la boleta debe entregarse personalmente al votante.

La secretaria del distrito debe recibir los votos por ausencia antes de las 5:00†p.†m. del 1 9 † d e † m a y o de†2020. Habrá una lista de las personas para las que se emitieron votos por ausencia disponible en la oficina de la secretaria durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección†entre las 9:00†a.†m. y las 4:00†p.†m. y los†sábados entre las 9:00†a.†m. y las 11:00†a.†m., excepto los domingos.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que toda propuesta o preguntas que se realicen en las máquinas de votación deberán presentarse por escrito mediante solicitud firmada por al menos quinientos (500) votantes calificados del distrito y presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito al menos treinta (30) días antes de la reunión anual, con excepción de las

solicitudes que estén relacionadas con una propuesta que deba incluirse en el aviso de la reunión anual.

Las solicitudes relacionadas con una propuesta que deban incluirse en el aviso de la reunión anual deben presentarse sesenta (60) días antes de la reunión anual.

Los fideicomisarios de la Junta de Educación pueden rechazar cualquier propuesta si el propósito de la propuesta no se encuentra dentro de las facultades de los votantes, o cuando la propuesta requiera gastos de dinero, si la propuesta no incluye la asignación necesaria específica.

REQUISITOS PARA VOTAR: 1. Ser ciudadano de los Estados Unidos.

2. Ser mayor de dieciocho años.

3. Ser residente del distrito por un periodo de treinta†días o más inmediatamente antes la elección en la que se ofrece a votar.

4. Estar registrado para votar.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que esta Junta convocará a una reunión especial de dicha Junta en un plazo de veinticuatro†horas después de la presentación ante la secretaria del distrito de un informe por escrito de los resultados de la votación con el fin de analizar y clasificar los informes de los resultados de la votación y declarar el resultado de la votación. Por el presente, la Junta se designa como un grupo de fiscales para emitir y sondear votos conforme a la Ley de E d u c a c i ó n , sección†2019-a, subsección†2b, en dicha reunión especial de la Junta.

Fecha: 5 † d e marzo†de†2020 POR ORDEN DE JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK Jeanne M. Puma Secretaria del distrito 121436 LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL AND LIBRARY MEETING AND ELECTION EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting, budget vote and election of the East Meadow Union Free School District will be held on May 19, 2020, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. in each of the school election districts heretofore established on the following separate matters: 1. Proposition 1 - The estimated expenditures for school purposes

(school budget) for the ensuing school year 2020-2021 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof.

2. Proposition 2 – Turf Field - WHEREAS, on March 7, 2017, the voters of East Meadow Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”) approved the expenditure of not to exceed $44,244,720 for the construction of improvements and enhancements to various school buildings and sites, substantially in accordance with a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of John A, Grillo, Architects (the “Original Project”); and thereafter the Board of Education authorized the issuance of not to exceed $44,244,720 bonds and the levy of a tax in installments to pay said bonds and the interest thereon; and WHEREAS, the Board of Education has now determined that it is necessary and desirable to modify the Original Project in accordance with a revised plan prepared by the District’s architects to provide for the construction of two artificial turf fields with green crumb rubber and the elimination of one grass athletic field, which modifications will increase the cost of the Original Project by not to exceed $2,582,080; RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the District is hereby authorized to modify the Original Project by (i) eliminating the grass field proposed to be constructed at East Meadow High School, and (2) constructing an artificial turf field with green crumb rubber at East Meadow High School as well as an additional artificial turf field with green crumb rubber at the main site of W.T. Clarke High School; and to expend therefor, including equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other required work, preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, the amount of not to exceed $2,582,080; and (b) that a tax in the amount of not to exceed $2,582,080 is hereby authorized to be levied and collected in installments in such years and amounts as shall be determined by the Board of Education to pay said cost; and in anticipation of such tax, the Board of Education is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the District in an amount not to exceed $2,582,080, and a tax is hereby authorized to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds.

3. Proposition 3 - The estimated expenditures for library purposes

(library budget) for the ensuing school year 2020-2021 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof.

4. Any other questions or propositions as to matters or expenditures or authority to levy taxes that may be presented for a vote under the Education Law. NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that voting upon the estimated expenses for school and library purposes for the school year and the election of members of the Board of Education and Library Board will be held on May 19, 2020, in each of the school election districts heretofore e s t a b l i s h e d .

VOTING will be by ballot on voting machines in the schoolhouses designated in each of the separate school election districts heretofore established and the polls will remain open for voting from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and as much longer as may be necessary for all voters then present to cast their votes.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at said vote and election to be conducted on May 19, 2020, two (2) members are to be elected to the Board of Education and one (1) member is to be elected to the Library Board as follows: (a) two members of the Board of Education for a full term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2023. (b) one member of the Library Board for a full term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2020 to succeed Ellen Matishek, incumbent, whose term of office expires on June 30, 2020.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education and applicable law.

NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that candidates for the offices of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board shall be nominated by petition.

Candidates for member of the Board of Education run at large. Each candidate petition for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, care of the Superintendent, shall be signed by at least forty-four (44) qualified voters of the District, said number constituting 2% of the total number of voters who voted at the Annual Meeting of May 21, 2019, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate.

Each vacancy to be filled for trustee of the Library Board shall be considered a separate specific office.

A separate petition shall be required to nominate a candidate to each separate office.

Each petition for candidate for the office of member of the Library Board shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, care of the Superintendent, shall be signed by at least forty-four (44) qualified voters of the District, said number constituting 2% of the total number of voters who voted at the Annual Meeting of May 21, 2019, shall state the residence of each signer, shall state the name and residence of the candidate, and shall describe the specific vacancy on the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last i n c u m b e n t .

Each petition shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2020.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the boundaries of the following School Election Districts shall be as heretofore determined and published by the Board of Education and the place in each election district for registration and voting shall be as follows: SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 The boundaries of School Election District No. 1 are as follows: Bounded on the North by Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike; on the East by Wantagh State Parkway; on the South by North Jerusalem Road; on the West by East Meadow Avenue from the intersection of North Jerusalem Road to Lenox Avenue then northeast to Eighth Avenue east to Newbridge Road, then north to Hempstead Turnpike.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 1 will vote at the Parkway Elementary School located at 465 Bellmore Road in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 The boundaries of School Election District No. 2 are as follows: Bounded on the North by the south side of Hempstead Turnpike from the intersection of Merrick Avenue running easterly to the intersection of Newbridge Road. Bounded on the East by the west side of Newbridge Road from the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike running south to the intersection of Eighth Avenue. Bounded on the

South by the north side of Eighth Avenue; running southwest to the intersection of Lenox Avenue and East Meadow Avenue; running northwest on East Meadow Avenue to number 604; running westerly to Maitland Street; running south to the north side of Lenox Avenue continuing southwest to the southerly ends of Benito, Patterson, Adelphi, Coakley and Albert Streets and the westerly ends of Sidney Place, Powers Avenue and Kevin Place going west to the east side of Prospect Avenue at number 1530 and running northeast to the intersection of Chestnut Avenue, proceeding northwest on the northwest side of Chestnut Avenue to the intersection of Front Street, then running southwest on the north side of Front Street to the intersection of Merrick Avenue. Bounded on the West by the east side of Merrick Avenue from the intersection of Front Street, running north to the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 2 will vote at the McVey Elementary School located at 2201 Devon Street in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3 The boundaries of School Election District No. 3 are as follows: Bounded on the North by Hempstead Turnpike from Meadowbrook Parkway to Merrick Avenue, southerly to the point of intersection of the south side of Front Street easterly to Chestnut Avenue. Bounded on the East by the west side of Merrick Avenue running south from Hempstead Turnpike to Front Street to the south side of Front Street running northeast from Merrick Avenue to the west side of Chestnut Avenue from Front Street to Prospect Avenue to number 1489; then south including Marian Court, Dieman Lane, Flower Lane, Sherwood Drive, Andrea Road, the north ends of Cynthia, Wenwood and Bruce Drives, the west end of Cynron and Meadow Lanes and Midland Drive and the south side of Lenox Avenue proceeding east to East Meadow Avenue; continuing east on the west side of East Meadow Avenue from Lenox Avenue to Irving Place, south from number 604 East Meadow Avenue running south to North Jerusalem Road.

Bounded on the South by North Jerusalem Road to the point of intersection of Ennabrock Road, including Ennabrock Road to North Jerusalem Road; west to Meadowbrook Parkway. Bounded on the West by Meadowbrook Parkway from North Jerusalem Road running

north to Hempstead Turnpike.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 3 will vote at Barnum Woods Elementary School located at 500 May Lane in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 4 The boundaries of School Election District No. 4 are as follows: Bounded on the North by Old Country Road to the point of intersection of the Wantagh State Parkway. Bounded on the East by the Wantagh State Parkway running south to the Oyster Bay Town Line and then east to Newbridge Road, running south on Newbridge Road to Twig Lane. Bounded on the South by Twig Lane, running west to the Wantagh State Parkway, then running south to the north side of Hearth Lane at Friends Lane proceeding west to the intersection of the west side of Carman Avenue, proceeding south to the north side of Salisbury Park Drive and continuing on the north side of Salisbury Park Drive in a northerly direction from Stewart Avenue to Old Country Road.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 4 will vote at the Bowling Green Elementary School located at 2340 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, NY, in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 5 The boundaries of School Election District No. 5 are as follows: Bounded on the North from the south side of Hearth Lane at Carman Avenue easterly to Wantagh Parkway; north to the Oyster Bay Town Line; easterly to the south side of Levittown Parkway to the intersection of Newbridge Road. Bounded on the East by the west side of Newbridge Road running south to Wantagh Parkway; continuing south on Wantagh Parkway to the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike.

Bounded on the South by Hempstead Turnpike from the intersection of Wantagh Parkway running west to the intersection of Bly Road.

Bounded on the West by Bly Road running north and east to Ava Drive; running north and east to Erma Drive; running south to Nottingham Road; running east (including Florence and Jane Courts) to the east side of Carman Avenue running north to the intersection of Hearth Lane.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 5 will vote at the M e a d o w b r o o k Elementary School located at 241 Old Westbury Road in said District.

P E R S O N A L

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all qualified voters of the School District must be registered in the School District Registration Books and/or in the Official List of Registered and Enrolled Voters for the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, issued by the Nassau County Board of Elections, in order to vote at the meeting and election on May 19, 2020.

The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance with section two thousand fourteen of the Education Law and all persons who shall have been previously registered hereunder for any annual or special meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four calendar years prior to 2020 (i.e., 2016-2019).

In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred fifty-two of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote. Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall take place on May 5 through May 11, 2020 inclusive, on the days when school is in session, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the office of the District Clerk at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, New York.

Evening registration will be held on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in the main corridor of the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall also take place on May 11, 2020, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., at each of the 5 election districts, locations as listed previously.

The Board of Registration shall meet to prepare the Register of the School District on the dates and times above specified and any person shall be entitled to have their name placed upon such Register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, they are then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared.

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Register of Voters so prepared as aforesaid shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District upon its completion where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on each of the five days prior and including the day set for the election except Sunday, and only on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Official Budget Presentation on the adopted school budget will take place on May 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at The Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY. There will be a Public Hearing on the proposed Library Budget on May†6, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. at the East Meadow Fire Department, 197 East Meadow Ave., East Meadow, NY. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed 2020/2021 school budget is available upon request to district residents commencing April 29, 2020 at the office of the District Clerk at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, N.Y. The proposed 2020/2021 library budget is available upon request by any resident commencing May 5, 2020 at the East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, NY. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2020/2021 school budget and of the proposed 2020/2021 library budget may be obtained by any resident of the district, upon request, at each of the offices of the schoolhouses in the District, at the school district offices, listed below, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on each day other than Saturday, Sunday or holidays during the 14-day period preceding the annual meeting and election. The proposed 2020/2021 school budget will also be available on the school district website.

Barnum Woods E l e m e n t a r y School 500 May Lane East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Bowling Green Elementary School 2340 Stewart Avenue Westbury, N.Y. 11590 McVey Elementary School 2201 Devon Street East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 M e a d o w b r o o k Elementary School 241 Old Westbury Road East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Parkway Elementary School 465 Bellmore Road East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Woodland Middle School 690 Wenwood Drive East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

W. Tresper Clarke Middle School 740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590 W. Tresper Clarke High School 740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590 East Meadow High School 101 Carman Avenue East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center 718 The Plain Road Westbury, N.Y. 11590 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, pursuant to Real Property Tax Section 495, an exemption report detailing exemptions from real property taxation shall be available and appended to any tentative, preliminary or final budget.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2020/2021 school budget and of the proposed 2020/2021 library budget may be obtained by any resident at the East Meadow Public Library, 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, N.Y., on each day between the hours of 9:00†a.m. and 9:00 p.m., with the exception of Wednesday, on which the proposed budget will be available between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., and shall be available on each day other than Saturday, Sunday or holidays during the 14-day period preceding the annual meeting and election. The proposed 2020/2021 library budget will also be available on the East Meadow Public Library website.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that application for absentee ballots may be made at the Office of the District Clerk, Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY 11590. An application must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election for which an absentee ballot is sought.

To obtain a ballot by mail, completed applications must be received by the Office of the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election. The Absentee Ballot will be mailed to the address set forth in the application, no later than six (6) days before the election. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 19, 2020. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in said Office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and on Saturday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., except Sunday.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not

currently registered may apply to register as a qualified votr of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot.

Military voter registration application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 10, 2020. Military ballot applications must be received in the Office of the District Clerk by mail or in person by no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 23, 2020. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is returned by mail or in person and (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or questions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by atleast five hundred (500) qualified voters of the District and filed in the office of the District Clerk at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting, except for petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting.

Petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting must be submitted sixty (60) days in advance of the annual meeting. Any proposition may be rejected by the Trustees or Board of Education if the purpose of the proposition is not within the power of the voters, or where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, if the proposition fails to include the necessary specific appropriation.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING: 1. A person shall be a citizen of the United States.

2. Eighteen or more years of age.

3. A resident of the District for a period of

thirty days or more next preceding the election at which he or she offers to vote.

4. Must be registered to vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing 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 results of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot. 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.

Dated: March 5, 2020

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK Jeanne M. Puma District Clerk 121435 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.mypublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 3rd day of March, 2020, bearing Index Number 20-000196, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY grants me the right to assume the name of Patricia Michelle DeChirico. The city and state of my present address are East Meadow, NY; the month and year of my birth are August, 1958; the place of my birth is Brooklyn, NY; my present name is Patricia Roxane DeChirico.

121459 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.mypublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.mypublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

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Jessica Rudolph, an East Meadow resident and tennis player, recently earned the 2020 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

E.M. resident earns SUNY Chancellor’s Award Jessica Rudolph, an East Meadow resident and tennis player, recently earned the 2020 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

“Receiving the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence means all my hard work has been completely worth it and has not gone unnoticed. I am honored to be a recipient and to be one of the representatives for Nassau Community College. Congratulations to all the NCC recipients of this astounding award and the other college recipients as well,” said Rudolph A student at Nassau Community College, Rudolph qualified for the award after she was reviewed by a college committee for academic excellence and record of service to her college and community. Officials at NCC noted that they take great pride in this recognition, which continues a long tradition of student excellence on campus.

“Our Nassau Community College stu-

dents work very hard to accomplish their academic goals and being honored with the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence accentuates the point that their dedication to their academic progress is limitless,” said NCC President Jermaine Williams. “These students are handling a high-quality academic workload while managing their every-day lives and we could not be prouder of their accomplishments. Their tenacity to ensure their future successes is admirable and we expect this attentive focus will continue for their academic future.”

The Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence was created in 1997 to recognize students who have best demonstrated, and have been recognized for, the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, community service, creative and perfor ming arts, campus involvement or career achievement.

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While many agencies across the state and county are focused on the physical and financial impact of the COVID-19 virus, the mental health of the county’s 1.36 million residents is just as critically important. And recovery groups of all kinds have felt the impact of social distancing and closed doors more than most.

Speaking at a news conference in Eisenhower Park on March 19, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran spoke of the difficulties faced by recovering addicts of all varieties who had mainly been using schools and churches for meeting places, until Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s declarations limiting the number of people who could meet in one place.

But many venues had already closed their doors to outside organizations.

“None of my regular meetings are happening now,” said one longtime AA member who attends weekly meetings in Seaford, Wantagh, Levittown and Bellmore. “I found one in Wantagh that I hadn’t been to before, but it’s been suspended now, too.”

In normal times, Nassau County has more than 700 AA meetings a week, with about 30 in Seaford and Wantagh.

Other recovery groups besides AA have been similarly hard hit.

Meetings are a key tool for many recovering addicts and are especially important for those just beginning to live without their substances of choice.

“I’m really worried about the people just coming out of rehabs or treatment centers,” the AA member said. Like many in the various fellowships, he requested that his name not be used.

“They’re the most vulnerable, and the tools of recovery are new to them and pretty confusing. Without a regular support group, and especially with the extra stress of the coronavirus, I think a lot of them are going to have a rough time.”

Groups have coped in a variety of ways, he said. Some smaller groups have sought out alternative venues, including parks. Others have set up conference calls or meetings via Google Hangouts or Skype. The various fellowships’ local websites contain information on call-in numbers and access codes.

Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, chief executive officer of FCA (Family and Children’s Association) echoed both Curran and the AA member’s concerns. The FCA sponsors prog rams for recovering addicts and has shelters throughout Nassau County, including one in Wantagh.

Reynolds, whose organization has weathered many major crises in its 135 years, from the global Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 to Hurricane Sandy, said his chief concern was the speed with which mental health issues have arisen, as well as their severity. “With Sandy, it took a couple of weeks before we began to see some of the things we’re seeing now after just a few days,” he said.

Residents are hoarding not only toilet

■ Keep a regular schedule. If you work at home, maintain a professional, businesslike attitude during your normal work hours.

■ Limit your news intake. Too much exposure to bad news can cause or worsen depression or anxiety.

■ Exercise. Parks are open, and the weather is warming up.

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Nassau COuNTY ExECuTIvE Laura Curran and Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein addressed mental health concerns at a news conference March 18. paper and ground beef. “Addicts are staffed” at the Department of Social hoarding heroin,” Reynolds said. The Services. Departments are still in the problem, he said, is that “they buy process of making the adjustments necenough to last them for a week and end essary to protect clients and employees, up doing it all in a weekend.” The result but every department is prepared to has been a spike in overdoses. Accord- support the needs of the county’s 1.4 ing to the state Department million residents, she said. of Health, the opioid crisis In the interim, the counin Nassau County has “sigty was in the process of nificantly worsened” since working out alternatives to the beginning of the year, procedures that, according with 6.5 overdoses per to state law, mandated face100,000 residents. “And this to-face meetings. And Mediwas already ground zero for care agreed last week to the opioid crisis,” he said. extend coverage for mental People with prescriphealth providers via teletions for pain medication medicine, she said — a first. face similar fears, Reynolds Even for those not dealsaid, adding, “Many turn to ing with directly with menalcohol as the most effective tal health issues like addicalternative.” tion, the contagion has Treatment centers were caused high levels of anxiencountering unforeseen ety and stress. Cur ran difficulties as well. “A large emphasized the need for stapart of our population has bility in the face of the disbeen mandated to us by the ruptions of work and percourts,” said Susan Klein, susaN KLEIN sonal schedules that many program director at South- Program director, now face as they transition east Nassau Guidance Cenfrom office, school or job ter in Seaford. “They’re Southeast Nassau site to home. “Keep a reguworried they won’t have Guidance Center lar schedule, and stick to access to the lab facilities or it,” she suggested. “Working other ways of maintaining from home can lead to anxicompliance.” Failure to do so might ety. When family members distract you, expose such clients to legal penalties, just say, ‘I’m at work.’” since treatment has been ordered in Curran also recommended exercise, some cases in lieu of fines or jail time. especially in any of the county’s numerThe guidance center is an outpatient ous parks. Parks are not only ideal locafacility with offices in Wantagh and Lev- tions to practice social distancing, she ittown, as well as Klein’s Seaford facili- said; fresh air and exercise are keys to ty. “A lot of what we do can be done by maintaining health. phone,” she said. “We’ve been doing Finally, Curran said that “small kindindividual counseling by phone, and nesses go a long way” in easing the tenhave been working this week to set up sions brought on by isolation and uncerteleconferencing for our group ses- tainty. sions.”

Curran was joined at the news conDespite the challenges the spread of ference by Nancy Nunziata, the county coronavirus has created Nassau Coun- commissioner of social services; Directy’s mental health services remain open tor of Community Services Omayra for business,.

Perez; Reynolds; and Nassau County Some personnel have been sent home, Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Curran said, but “all our desks are Eisenstein.

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lot of what we do can be done by phone.

We’ve been … working this week to set up teleconferencing for our group sessions.

■ Be kind. Look for opportunities to help one another. “If you bought too much toilet paper, and your neighbor doesn’t have any, give them a couple of rolls,” Curran advised. “It’ll help both of you feel better.”

Source: Nassau County Executive Laura Curran

Mental health and recovery resources ■ Nassau County mental health hotline: (516) 227-TALK (8255).

■ Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup: (516) 292-3040 or www. infonassau-aa.org ■ The Intergroup office is closed, but it is maintaining 24/7 phone service via call forwarding.

■ Narcotics Anonymous Intergroup: (516) 898-9500 or www. nassauna.org ■ Gamblers Anonymous Intergroup (855) 222-5542 or www.longisland-ga.com Nunziata said her department had changed some of its protocols to reflect the need to avoid close contact. Documents will no longer be dropped off in person, for example, but will be deposited in sliding drawers.

But whether residents need food stamps, emergency housing or any of her departments’ services, “We are there,” she said, emphatically echoing Curran’s message.

Perez advised residents to “take breaks from all the news coverage,” which can be overwhelming, especially for children. “Talk to your children factually but calmly,” she said. And for those with existing mental health issues, she underscored the importance of keeping up treatment. For anyone needing immediate help, she recommended calling the county’s mental health hotline, (516) 227-TALK (8255).

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A. Even in this difficult time, you have to do the right thing. The first onte eeper thing I would do would be to call a surveyor and get an updated survey that shows setbacks to property lines, and also have them stake the lines. Fences not only need permits, even for replacement, but I often read surveys showing fences that are clearly not even close to the property line.

They can avoid the anguish of having a property dispute with a new neighbor by having the stakes show exactly where the fences will go. The staking should be done close to when the fences will be done, because I’ve also seen where people move the stakes in the middle of the night. Even spray-paint the line once you know where the fence line is going, to keep things honest.

Everything you described requires a permit, and it takes time to document with plans for what you’ll be doing. If the deck is less than 3 feet above the ground, then you may be able to draw the plans yourself, according to some jurisdictions, but the plans must have enough detail and reflect the requirements in the building code to show the correct connections, structural spans and anchorage to the ground. The same goes for anything built outdoors, except the fences. For example, built-in kitchens and barbecues, awnings trellises and even air conditioning units are required to have a location plan with distances to property lines and some drawing that clearly shows the size and way it will be built.

For anyone to tell you, even during an emergency shutdown of services, that you don’t need a permit is more for their convenience than yours. It’s the most common scam in property ownership, and building departments regularly see undocumented, illegal pools, fences, decks … which need to not only be filed for, but with penalties, need to be corrected, relocated or, once in a while, removed. Because people miss the mark with notes and code compliance in their drawings, frustrated homeowners call who have already tried doing the plans themselves. The installers walk away scot-free, and the property owner has to clean up the mess, at greater cost than it would have been to do it the right way at the beginning.

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Governor Cuomo, Main Street needs a hand

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ovid-19 has completely changed the way we all live.

But along with worrying about keeping themselves and their families healthy, thousands of small business owners across New York state are losing sleep over how to keep this virus from killing the businesses they have worked so hard to build.

At the same time, lawmakers in Albany are trying to craft a budget in the face of plunging revenues. Sales taxes — much of them generated by small business — brought in a whopping $73.6 billion last year. Our schools, as well as other vital government services, rely on these funds.

When a business fails — and too many are on the precipice of failure right now — that sales tax revenue goes, too.

We believe a simple proposal could help restart local business and bolster sales tax revenues, but swift action is required by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature.

Small businesses are the backbone of our communities. Everyone wants a thriving downtown where they can shop, eat or go to a movie. The good news is that small businesses have always been engines of innovation and entrepreneurship, and we are seeing that again today as they adapt

to the new reality. Local gyms are streaming personal training sessions. Restaurants offer free delivery and online happy hours. Medical practices are expanding their telemedicine capabilities. Car mechanics are making house calls that require no personal contact at all.

Of course, it’s vital that these businesses let potential customers know about their services. That’s the role of advertising in all its myriad forms. But advertising costs money, and the sad truth is that advertising is one of the first things small businesses cut when times are tough.

Put yourself in the shoes of a local restaurateur with a stack of bills and very little money coming in. By the time she finishes paying the most urgent bills — rent, food suppliers, payroll — there’s not much left for advertising. Whatever stimulus money she gets from Washington or Albany will most likely be needed to keep the door open and the lights on. Yet studies show that how well businesses survive a downturn is in large part determined by whether they continue to market and advertise during the hard times.

Fortunately, there is a way for Albany to prime the sales-tax pump to keep revenue flowing to both small businesses and state coffers. Let businesses use some of the

money they would have sent to Albany, as sales taxes, to market their new offerings.

The formula would be simple: Every dollar a small business spends on advertising (up to some reasonable limit) would be a dollar saved off that business’s sales tax bill.

It would be a win-win-win. Local businesses would be healthier because the increased advertising would jump-start sales. The state would get more sales tax revenue because local businesses would be selling more. And media companies (like ours) would benefit from the additional ad revenue. We’d like to think that we, too, are vital to the character and strength of our communities, not to mention our democracy. Think for a moment of the critical role that journalists have played in getting vital local information out to your community during this unprecedented crisis.

The Legislature has a lot on its plate right now, and the temptation will be to bury this idea, or to take the shortsighted view that we can’t afford to do it right now.

But right now is when it’s needed. We’ve been impressed with Governor Cuomo’s levelheaded leadership in this crisis, and we call on him to back this innovative yet simple policy.

no respect for expertise. It is truly frightening, and reflects poorly upon the values of Americans.

The next time we’re looking for a person upon whom to bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, I hope Fauci is the candidate. That might restore a little of the honor that this award is supposed to reflect.

I would like to publicly acknowledge Fauci and all of the doctors, nurses, therapists and associated medical care providers for their selfless dedication to others during a difficult time. Your efforts are deeply valued.

letters Let’s respect authority based on knowledge To the Editor: In the early 1980s I was the director of one of two infusion companies who accepted AIDS patients for care in their homes. In that epidemic we saw that the combination of ignorance and fear could do real damage and cause enormous suffering. Dr. Anthony Fauci was a leader at that time who displayed courage, calm and wisdom. He drove the effort to ensure that facts were the basis of intervention and helped de-villainize the people who suffered, both from physical illness and social stigma. He is still serving this country today, helping to balance the misinformation and political spin being spouted by the politicians surrounding him. Thank God for his presence.

If one good thing comes out of this whole pandemic, I hope that it’s a return to respect for authority based on knowledge. In today’s world of Google and social networking, it’s far too easy for people with no educational preparation or experience to assume positions of power and influence. This is always bad, but potentially disastrous in a true national emergency. As the ultimate example of this, we are facing the disaster of being led during a time that requires mature decision-making skills, humility and deference by President Trump, a man who is a willfully ignorant bully and has

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It’s time for colleges to graduate to the 21st century

he model of higher education today rests on a system created in the Middle Ages, when knowledge was highly concentrated in a few places and in a few hands. It has evolved only slowly over the centuries. And while that evolution has brought knowledge from the few to the many, it hasn’t kept pace with the rapidly changing world young people live in today.

Today’s colleges and universities operate in a time warp where higher education is over-expensive and under-performing. They are too often run by aLFonse administrators D’amaTo who sit on huge untapped endowments, and who fail to control costs, allowing tuition to climb at two or three times the general rate of inflation. They seem to assume that the willingness of parents and students to pay ever-increasing tuition is boundless.

The same goes for too many of the professors who deliver their knowledge to students. It’s more than a bit ironic that the vast majority of college instructors tilt way to the left in their political and economic philosophy, but follow decidedly mercenary policies in how they expect to work and be paid. There are far too

many examples of professors teaching 10 or 20 hours a week while raking in six-figure salaries.

In the meantime, their students will graduate with five- or six-figure college debt that will burden them for decades.

They’ll postpone starting a family or buying a house because their monthly school debt payments will eat up their paychecks.

That’s not the “better life” a college education should have provided.

Politicians have responded to this spiral of high college costs and crushing student debt in predictable ways. For years they threw more and more money at colleges in the form of government student aid. Pell Grants, Tuition Assistance Program, or TAP, aid, and subsidized student loans funneled billions of dollars to institutions of higher learning without conferring any relief on their consumers. The result: College costs climbed along with college graduates’ debt.

As this national student debt load has ballooned to over $1 trillion, today some politicians are proposing to forgive all or some of the huge debt with a massive federal bailout. It’s socialism come full circle, with government having helped fire up college costs and now “socializing” those costs with public dollars.

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hey need to reduce their cost and embrace distance learning.

LeTTers We will be stronger To the Editor: Does anyone really know what’s happening? It seems we’re all going on a trip we hadn’t planned on taking. We don’t know where we’re going or what, exactly, is coming. I believe that whether we’re young, middle-aged or old, the world as we know it today will be gone. Will our new world be better or worse? Is the cup half empty or full?

I was once nervous about the impact the internet would have on our youth.

Would they be able to think for themselves and be capable of functioning in the world? With the craziness we’re now facing, I think the use of the internet and social media are the things that will help them survive.

While some of the older generation will be cut off from what is happening in the world, the middle generation will be fighting to keep their world together and those who are younger will be keeping in touch with people all over the world to learn what is and isn’t working. They will want to be a part of the new world that is yet to come. I feel that when all is said and done, we will all be stronger to carry on.

AUDrEY CUPoLo East Norwich

way to reduce student debt is to bring college costs under control. Some colleges are finally catching on that $50,000-a-year tuitions are indefensible. They’re looking for ways to freeze or even roll back those tuitions. They’re embracing rather than rejecting online learning.

They’re even holding their administrators and professors more accountable for the totality of their performance, including how their students fare after they’ve graduated.

A good example of this more accountable approach has been pursued by Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University. Daniels was the governor of Indiana before he became a college president, and he devised innovative ways of running his state that kept taxes down while delivering services in costeffective ways. That may be why he was a good fit to run a university.

At Purdue, Daniels has imposed financial discipline and academic accountability. When he became its president, he took a voluntary pay cut, and tied his future salary to “performance-based evaluation.” He has also frozen Purdue’s tuition the years he’s been there, and substantially reduced the university’s operating expenses.

Under Daniels, Purdue has fully embraced online learning, boosting the ability of Purdue students to take advan-

tage of “distance learning” (which students at every level, starting with elementary school, are learning now, amid the coronavirus pandemic). And the university established an innovative highschool-to-college program that allows under-privileged high school students from minority communities to take a faster track to college.

More colleges ought to follow Purdue’s lead, which recognizes that these institutions should enable different paths to a degree. Not everyone needs a four-year degree in subjects that offer little future employment opportunities. Many students would be far better off with technical college training that prepares them for jobs that actually need filling.

To effectively support college education, let’s focus on reducing college costs and making that education more relevant. I’m all for making public higher education as low-cost or no-cost as possible. States as politically disparate as Florida and New York are making great strides in that direction. But I also think the leaders of our private colleges and universities need to come down from their ivory towers and show some empathy for their customers, too. Let’s bring higher education into the 21st century.

Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

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Pull us together, not apart To the Editor: If I weren’t so infuriated by their actions, I would pity people like randi Kreiss, who are so blinded by their hatred of President Trump that they can’t see past it (“I wonder whether this will be our ‘year of wonder,’” March 26-April 1).

At a time like this, when we see our lives turned upside down — people we know dying from this vicious virus, schools closed, work disrupted, streets deserted, Kreiss can’t resist insulting our president.

Perhaps it took a little time to assess the situation, but Trump’s initial move to refuse entry to people coming from China was an important first step. Since then he has been praised for his strong leadership even by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, both political opponents.

The president is very much involved, and he and his top staff give daily briefings with opportunities for questions.

Kreiss never fails to make untrue accusations, and doesn’t back up with facts her opinions, such as, “He doesn’t have the capacity for the humane gesture.”

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over and over, Trump has shown his love for this country and its people. Where is your humanity, Ms. Kreiss? Instead of trying to score cheap political points, how about encouraging people to pull together

in this unprecedented crisis and just be concerned with the well-being of all Americans, regardless of political differences.

FAY SLADoWSKY Lawrence

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