1975-12-18

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in parmififciluU-, N. Y- 117.45 Thursday, December 18, 1975 Copyright 1 075 !.\-
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CHRISTMAS IS IN THE EYES OF CHILDREN as shown in the photo of Santo and his young friend
token Sunday afternoon at the Convenience Health and Beauty Aid Center In Farmingdale. Hundreds of
youngsters whispered their dreams to the kindly old elf, while their mothers took advantage of the
special Christmas showing sponsored by the store and competed for free prises.
[ Photoby Claire Studios]
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lax Urged
Discard ' Old Inner Tube*
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Orazio ( D- l5th- Albertson) and
Lewis J. Yevoli ( D- lOth- Old Beth-page)
called for the eventual
elimination of the real property
tax in the State of New York.
" The announcement by the
Board Hears
dosing Plans
The Farmingdale Board of
Education held their third public
hearing on building utilization
last Thursday night and reviewed
all three school closing
proposals; the superintendent's
plan, the Citizens Advisory
Committee's report and the
PTA's wing plan.
The first plan, braced by Dr.
William Kinzler, superintendent
of schools, would phase out one of
Farmingdale's five elementary
schools by spring of 1978, close
another the following year, and
shut down one of the two junior
high schools ( Mill Lane) by 1981.
The plan would cut the 700
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Coin Dealer
Beaten, Robbed
A 82 year old Uniondale man
was beaten and robbed of $ 8,000
worth of coins Saturday evening
at the Republic Flea Market,
according to Suffolk County
Police.
According to police, Joseph
Pellegrino was sitting in his car
in the Republic Shoperama
parking lot in East Farmingdale
at about 8 p. m. when two men
jumped into his car, struck him
with a blunt, instrument and
shoved him out. The two then
drove the car several blocks and
stole $ 8,000 worth of U. S. and
foreign coins from two attache
cases in the trunk. Police
recovered the car.
Pellegrino, a part- time coin
dealer, had just closed his stall at
the flea market at Shoperama,
police said. He was taken to
Brunswick Hospital, Amityville,
with a possible skull fracture and
concussion.
Chairman of the Board of
Assessors that his department is
launching a door- to- door in­spection
of all property," said
Assemblyman Orazio, " points up
the folly of a system that
discourages the improvement of
property and is economically
counter productive."
Continued Assemblyman
YevOli, " it is time for us to
discard the old itmep tube that we
call the ' property tax' with its'
endless patches and recognize
what it has brought about. We are
saddled with an inequitable
system of funding public
education from one end of the
state to the other. Funding of
municipal services is also
dependent on this antiquated
form of taxation that has no
relationship to the cost of ser­vices
rendered to the property
being taxed."
" Any reform of the real
property tax laws should be in­terim
in nature and should be
geared toward the elimination of
this regressive form of taxation
in the shortest time possible,"
said Assemblyman Orazio.
" Unfortunately," continued
Assemblyman Orazio, " the
contemplated action of the
Assessors in Nassau County will
tend to discourage the ^ im­provement
of property and will
harass property owners who
engaged in do- it- yourself im­provements
with no deliberate
intention of violating the law."
" The 1976 proposed county
budget calls for the hiring of 33
additional assessor employees,"
said Assemblyman Yevoli, " and
an increase in the department
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Village Okays
Sr. Exemption
The Mayor and trustees of the
Incorporated Village of Far­mingdale
Monday night ap­proved
an increase in the
exemption for senior citizens
from $ 5,000 to 6,500.
This means that seniors may
earn up to $ 8,500 per year and still
be eligible for the 50% reduction
on their village property tax.
The village board set
December 22 as a public hearing
date at the village hall