Bethpage-Tribune_1976-08-05

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VOL. 10 NO. 37 Thursday* August 5, 1976 10 cents per copy
^TOB To Consider Amendment
For Senior Citizen Zoning
The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County held its
annual "Foot and Mouth Dinner" recently honoring the volunteer
dentists and podiatrists who so generously donate their time to help
the cerebral palsied at the "Center for Living," Roosevelt. Above,
Dental Department director Dr. Marvin Meister, D.D.S. (center)
(Massapequa-Plainedge) proudly displays the Cerebral Palsy
Award of Honor to UCPA Nassau Board Chairman Harold Jay
Greenberg (1) and Executive Director Joseph F. Phelan, Jr.
Tragedy Spurs Resilient Action
At Plain view Intersection
In the aftermath of the tragic
traffic death of a 12 year old boy,
residents of the area surrounding
the intersection of Sunnyside
Boulevard and Sagamore Street
in Plainview have enlisted the aid
of the Greater Plainview Com­munity
Association in a drive to
have more effective traffic
controls installed at that in­tersection.
The tragic accident took place
on July 26, and was followed only
a few days later by still another
motor vehicle accident which
resulted in the hospitalization of
at least one person. The three
block stretch of Sunnyside
Boulevard near Pal Street,
Milben court, Sagamore Street
and Richfield Street has repor­tedly
been the scene of numerous
traffic accidents over the past
few years, and local residents
have had enough. More than 400
people -- representing virtually
P-O.B. Budget Passes
At Monday night's budget vote
in the Plainview-Old Bethpage
school district, the residents cast
their votes in favor of continued
support for the quality education
area parents have come to expect
for their children. The Budget
was passed by a vote of 2,260 to
1,641.
The approved budget adds up
to a total of $25,759,027 to be spent
on district education. This is
$47,996 greater than the budget
that had been defeated by 387
votes on June but entails a tax
rate of 4.6 cents lower per $100
assessed valuation. The lower tax
rate of $18.98 was made possible
by a previously undiscovered
$145,000 surplus in the 1975-76
budget, according to school of­ficials.
The tax rate for the. 1974-
75 school year was $18.59.
Shari Miller
every family in the vicinity -
have signed a petition calling for
the immediate installation of
better traffic controls. -
Sunnyside Boulevard is a
major thoroughfare running
downhill from a large industrial
complex at the eastern end into
Manetto Hill Road and the heart
of residential Plainview. Traffic
is especially heavy at 9 am, 5 p.m."
and around lunehtime -all times
when the area is also filled with
playing children. There is
presently a four-way stop sign at
the Sagamore Street intersection
halfway down, but according to
homeowners it is often partially
obscured and not readily
noticeable by traffic moving
downhill on Sunnyside from the
industrial area. Residents feel
that the Sagamore Stop Signs
should either be supplemented by
a flashing red blinker or replaced
with a full traffic light.
Greater Plainview Community
Association President Paul
Eisenstein and Vice President
Mike Polansky have pledged
GPCA's full support to find a
solution to the problem. GPCA
has requested the Oyster Bay
Town Clerk to arrange a Police
Traffic Survey for the in­tersection,
and has sought the
personal intervention of town
Councilman Salvator Mosca in
obtaining a speedy remedy for
this dangerous situation. Coun­cilman
Mosca said that he will
"request a re^survey of the area
by the Nassau County
Engineering Department and see
what can be done."
"One such tragedy is already
one too many," noted GPCA
President Eisenstein. "This
situation deserves immediate
attention, and we intend to see
that it gets it."
• Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John W. Burke announced that
the Town Board will conduct a
public hearing on August 10 to
consider amending its Senior
Citizen Zoning Ordinance to
permit filing of applications for
such zoning on complexes that
the Oyster Bay Housing
Authority will manage, operate
or lease.
'Currently, the Housing
Authority is the only body that
can apply for the S-l Zone and it
can only do so on complexes that
it will own," Burke explained.
However, due to a change in the
federal program providing
funding for senior citizen com­plexes,
the Town Board will
consider permitting applications
to be made for the S-l Zone on
complexes where it is agreed that
the Housing Authority will
manage, operate or lease."
Theamendment is necessitated
by the-eliminayon of the federal
turnkey" project under which
all current senior citizen housing
in the Town has been con­structed.
Under that program,
the complexes were constructed
with federal funds and ownership
was turned over to the Housing
Authority, an autonomous
agency.
In place of the "tunrkey"
program, the federal government
is now providing for construction
Consumers To Have
Electricity Savings
State Senator Owen H. Johnson
expressed pleasure when he
learned that, as a result of
legislation he sponsored, the
Public Service Commission gave
the go-ahead to the Power
Authority to import low-cost
surplus hydroelectric power from
Canada.
According to Senator Johnson,
when the line is completed in
1978, it will allow PASNY to bring
in 800 megawatts of power during
seven "summer" months -- the
equivalent of a major generating
plant. The fuel costs saved by
using this power will be flowed
directly, automatically, and
completely to LILCO customers,
through operation of the fuel
adjustment clause.
The Johnson bill cut through
the 3-year bureaucratic red tape
delay in the construction of the
transmission lines by mandating
that PSC approve the project.
The bill passed the Senate but
was never reported from com­mittee
in the Assembly.
In his latest newsletter, the
West Babylon Senator had in­cluded
this legislation under the
category of his disappointments.
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of senior citizen housing under
Section 8 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of
1974. Under this section,
ownership of the complex
remains in the hands of the
private developer of the complex
and the federal government
provides rent subsidies.
While indicating that he would
have preferred to see the "tarn
key" program continued, since
it has proven successful in
providing 595 units of senior
citizen housing in the Town,
Burke noted that "we must deal
with the reality of the new federal
program if we are to consider
meeting the needs of an existing
waiting list of 800 senior citizens
of this Town."
By amending the ordinance in
the manner being proposed, the
Board would be able to provide
for the private ownership
requirements of the federal^
program while continuing to
assure that the complexes will be
properly operated by the same
administering body that has
proven its capabilities in the
existing complexes.
The hearing on the amendment
is scheduled to begin at 10 am in
the hearing room of Town Hall
East, Oyster Bay.
Democrats Gear Up
For Senate Victory
Amid an overflow crowd of
enthusiastic Democrats
Tuesday night August 3, the
five candidates for the party's
Senatorial nomination par­ticipated
in a candidates'
forum at Hofstra's Monroe
Lecture Center. Bella Abzug,
Ramsey Clark, Abraham
Hirschfeld, Daniel Patrick
Moynihan and Paul O'Dwyer
are all seeking the
Democratic nomination for
U.S. Senate in the September
14 primary. "
Nassau Democratic Party
Chairman Stanley Harwood
opened the forum by - in­troducing
the many can­didates
running for local of­fices
who were present in the
audience. He announced that
the party's purpose in spon­soring
the forum was "to help
the candidates bring their
messages to the people of
Nassau and to encourage the
broadest participation by The
Democratic electorate in the
candidate selection process."
The moderator for the
discussion was Al Lowenstein,
a long-time favorite among
local Democrats who is
currently seeking election to
Congress after having had his
district repeatedly split up.
Mr. Harwood urged the voters
to "return Al to the place
where he deserves to be - the
U.S. Congress," to over­whelming
applause from the
audience. Mr. Lowenstein
reminded the people that the
rectification of all social,
political and economic
problems depends on
replacing those who created
these problems with new
people committed to progress.
FORMAL STATEMENTS
The candidates were then
presented to the people by
their chosen representatives.
In introducing Paul O'Dwyer,
Democratic State Committee
member Natalie Mutari
emphasized his "continued
involvement in the fight for
right and justice." She quoted
A.E. Housman's famous line,
"A thousand times I've done
my best and all's to do again."
Mr. O'Dwyer acknowledged
the outstanding credentials of
all five candidates and
recounted his position at the
forefront of the labor
movement since the 1930's. He
said that his presence in the
South with the first black
voters, in Kentucky with the
coal miners and in Spain to
fight for the rights of trade
unionists were "the
requirements of any lawyer
with an obligation to the
people, the country and
Democracy." He urged the
Democrats to "put it all
t o g e t h e r . . . a n d defeat
Buckley."
Sol Kalish then introduced
Abe Hirschfeld as "a doer not
a talker." He cited the im­portance
of a new face and the
need for "practical people to
run government." Mr Hir­schfeld
said his prime priority
would be to retire Buckley,
"the carpetbagger from
Connecticut," and to bring the
practicality of a businessman
to the U.S. Senate.
A WOMAN OF SUNSHINE
State Senator Carol Bellamy
introduced Congresswoman
Bella Abzug, "someone who
needs no introduction." She
urged the audience to examine
Ms. Abzug's record over the
past 51- years in bringing $5.5
million to the state through
Pure Water and Public
Transit funding.
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