Demonstration build by LED Secure Infrastructure - not the official Village of East Rockaway website (villageofeastrockaway.org). Forms on this site send nothing.
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Accessibility Statement

How this website is built to work for everyone, and how to tell Village Hall when something does not.

Proposed draft - for the Village's review

Proposed draft - for the Village's review

LED Secure Infrastructure prepared this statement as part of a demonstration build. The Village of East Rockaway has not reviewed or adopted it. It describes this demonstration site only.

Our goal

This website is designed to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. Residents, businesses and visitors should be able to find village information, forms and contact details whether they use a screen reader, a keyboard, magnification, voice control or a phone.

What this site does

  • Every page has one main heading, a logical heading order, and a "Skip to main content" link.
  • All pages and menus can be used with a keyboard, with a visible focus outline.
  • Text and interface colors were checked against the WCAG contrast ratios: 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text.
  • Body text uses Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, a typeface designed for readers with low vision. Text sizes scale with browser zoom.
  • Pages work at screen widths down to 360 pixels without sideways scrolling. Wide tables scroll inside their own frame.
  • Photographs have text descriptions. Decorative images and icons are hidden from screen readers.
  • Animation is turned off for visitors who set "reduce motion" in their device settings, and all content is shown without JavaScript.
  • Village documents such as agendas and applications have a "Read on this page" text version next to the original PDF.
  • Form fields have visible labels.

Known limitations

  • Some original documents are scanned images. Where a text version could not be produced reliably, the page says so and the original is shown.
  • Tax rolls are linked as the original files on villageofeastrockaway.org and have no text version on this site.
  • Online payments, emergency alert sign-up and the Village Code open on outside services (Xpress-pay, AllPaid, CodeRED and eCode360). The village does not control the accessibility of those sites.

Report a barrier

If any part of this website is hard to use, or you need a document in another format, contact Village Hall. Please tell us the page address and what went wrong.

  • Phone: 516-887-6300, Mon-Fri 8:00AM - 3:45PM
  • In person or by mail: East Rockaway Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518
  • Online: the contact form