Vincent Canesa, 7 years old, Massapequa: “I like to collect cards with my dad.”
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Adrianna Canesa, 10 years old, Massapequa: “I like practicing softball with my dad.”
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Deacon Littlefield, 7, Waverly Park Elementary School, Lynbrook: “I like playing Pokemon cards with him.”
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Joseph Zingari, 7, Waverly Park Elementary School, Lynbrook: “I like using the telescope with him. We’ve seen the moon.”
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Stella Ruggierio, 7, Waverly Park Elementary School, Lynbrook: “I like to go to the ocean with my dad.”
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Zoey Florio, 6, Waverly Park Elementary School, Lynbrook: “I like to collect Pokemon cards with my dad.”
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Siena Arce, 4, Malverne: "I like to color with him...and I like to get honey sticks with him...and I love him with all my heart."
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Wescott Smith, 7 years old, Malverne: “My favorite thing to do with my Dad is writing and recording songs in his studio.”
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Dylan Pinto, Fourth grade, Lindell Elementary School, Long Beach:
“My favorite thing is hanging out. I like to sit together, relax and watch the Knicks games.”
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Antonio Romito, grade 6, Glen Cove: "I like to hang out with my dad because he’s one of the nicest people in my life. I love him a lot."
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Declan Huggins, 4th grade, Glen Cove: "I love playing with my dad. I like mowing the grass with him and being in his presence."
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Jack Fugazy, Glen Cove: "I enjoy my dad coaching me in lacrosse, playing all sports and going to Yankees games."
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Scarlett Glennon, 9 years old, Glen Cove: "My favorite activity to do with my dad is have a catch in the yard, swim in the pool.. I like to tell him jokes and watch Shark Tank together. "
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Tommy Scagliola, Glen Cove: "I like spending time with my dad going to Mets games, watching sports on TV and going to my own games.This year, my dad brought me to opening day at Citi Field and then he won Islander tickers for the same day at a school raffle so we went right from Citi Field to UBS Arena. It was the greatest day. I am thankful for my dad."
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Sydney Farmer, 9, Bayview: “I like to play with him and I like to play dress up with him.”
Vertulia Gardenhire,8, Freeport: “ I like my dad. I like to kick box and play tag and run around in basketball with him.”
Aria Young, 9, Freeport: “We like to watch Love It Or List it together and Gordon Ramsey stuff.”
Aviella Contreras, 8, Freeport: “maybe (when we) go to the park, because I love going on the swings.”
Braelynn Monaco,9, Freeport: “ When I went to a restaurant with my sister and me and my dad.”
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Darsh Mirchandani, 17, New Hyde Park: "It’s definitely discussing current issues, like immigration law, and understanding how that affects my community⎯the Indian community."
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Jade Gomez, 14, Elmont: "My favorite thing to do with my dad is watching new TV shows and movies."
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Jade Gomez, 14, Elmont: "When I was younger, I always enjoyed going outside and helping him work on his car⎯fixing it, checking the oil, changing the tire⎯it was just so fun.'
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Naseem Fecu, 23, Baldwin: "My favorite thing to do with my dad is DJ 80’s music."
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Kiki Dume-Charles, 25, Baldwin: "My favorite thing to do is play basketball with my dad."
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Stevie Kroski, 7 years old, Babylon Elementary
“I like to go to New York City with my dad.”
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Elizabeth Kroski, 9 years old, Babylon Grade School: “I like when he takes us to Urban Air.”
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Caera Larkin, 17 years old, Babylon Junior-Senior High School: “I like to go to the beach with my dad.”
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Arianna Kenney, 4 years old, Babylon: “I like to play with him and play on the playground.”
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Jack Mullahy, 7 years old, Babylon Elementary School:
“Playing sports, especially having baseball catches in the backyard.”
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Annabel Abrams,6 years old, Copiague: "I like to show my dad my cartwheels."
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Alexis Roberts, 17 years old, Copiague: “I like joking around with my dad, taking car rides with him and working on the car together.”
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Eli Jackson, 6 years old, Northwest Elementary, Amityville: “I like to play with him and play chase.”
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Eli Jackson, 6 years old, Northwest Elementary, Amityville: “I like to play with him and play chase.”
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Masha Gutama, 3 years old, Amityville: “I like to eat chocolate and chips with my dad.”
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Alexa Abrams, 11 years old, Copiague: "I like to practice karate with him."
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Alexis Lawrence, 9 years old, Massapequa: “I like getting lunch with my dad.”
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Courtney Follo, 6 years old, Oceanside: "He's a firefighter and he's nice and when I ask him to bring me to stores like Ulta and Sephora, he does."
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Wes Gary, age 5, Oceanside: "He works in the Nature Center [at School #6] and he lets me help feed all the animals."
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Henri Funes-Salgado, Oyster Bay, 17: I like to go biking a lot with my dad, and we like to go swimming too.
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Genesis Ulloa, 14, Oyster Bay: "I like to go shopping with him, for shoes and clothes."
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Litzy Escobar, 17, Oyster Bay: "My dad and I like to go to church together."
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Nichalina Maxwell, 5 ,South Hempstead, Covert Elementary School: "riding through the woods upstate on the ATV”
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Cailin Currlin, 8 years old, Rockville Centre: "Spend quality time with him!"
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Ben Loftus, 12 years old,Sea Cliff: “My favorite activity with dad is baking- he is really good at it. Sometimes stuff turns out a little weird, but it still tastes great when you eat it.”
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Samara Riess, 10 years old, Glenwood Landing: “I love going out to dinner with my dad, especially when it's just the two of us. We have the best time together and our favorite thing to eat is sushi!”
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Madeline Mooney, 10 years old, Glen Head: “My dad is a fireman and my favorite thing is when he brings me to the firehouse. It's so fun, especially when he lets me go down the sliding pole!”
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Luca Middleton, 8 years old, Glenwood Landing: "My favorite thing to do with my dad is play soccer. He taught me lots of skills when I was little so now I'm really good at it. I might even be a professional player one day like him!”
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Julia Rubinstein, 10, East Meadow: “I like playing Nintendo with him, because he’s really fun to play with, and he’s kind of bad at it.”
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Arielle Minkowsky, 12, Levittown: “Recently, after school for like 20 minutes, me and my dad have just been going outside and either have a catch with a football or play volleyball. It’s really just a fun thing that we have together.”
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