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VOL. 19 NO. 34 Week of Nov. 22 - Nov. 28,1984 20 cents per copy
Mail Order $50 Million Cuts LIRR Travel Time
'Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon
and Richard Kessel, Executive Director of the
New York State Consumer Protection Board,
have announced the formation of a National
Education and Information Network.designed to
curb mail order fraud. The network is made up of
government and business officials.
According to Dillon, "Mail order purchasing
has become a common and popular way for con-
/sumers to make purchases without the necessity
and aggravation of dealing with traffic, shopping
centers and indifferent sales help. Unfortunately,
the convenience of shopping fqr a catalog at home
carrres with it a whole different set of problems
related to dissatisfaction with merchandise you
have not seen, difficulty with color and sizes, as
w>ll as delayed shipping and fJaymerifp^
According to the Officials, the main thrust of
the"Stop Mail Fraud Campaign" is to alert pub­lishers
of newspapers and magazines to inflated
claims of quality of performance used by some
mail order firms who regularly advertise in local
and national periodicals.
> "We^think that it is the responsibility of pub­lishers
to educate themselves before running ads
for mail order companies about which they know
little or nothing," said the Coalition. The Officials
pointed out that consumers who respond to some
of these ads are often faced with the delivery of
unsatisfactory merchandise, lengthy delays, lack
of response to customer complaints, or outright
fraud.
The Coalition said that they would increase
their monitoring efforts during the HoHday Sea­son
to help reduce the large number of complaints
that normally occur during this time. The Offi­cials
also said that they planned to produce a
program for magazine and newspapers editors
and advertising executives to help them pick out
those ads which may be fraudulent.
'if publishers screened the advertisements they
choose to carry, and consumers take effective
recourse when dissatisfied, mail order shopping
can be a timesaving and convenient form of shop­ping,"
concluded the Officials.
Dillon said, "Recently, some mail order pro­motions
have been stimulated by and disguised as
Sweepstakes contents wherein the consumer is
notified that he has won an often worthless prize
in order to get him to read the enclosed mail order
promotion soliciting his interest in goods of quesr
tionable value. I strongly advise all mail and
phone order shoppers to be aware of these decep­tive
practices and to report any suspected viola­tions
to the appropriate regulatory agencies, or in
the event the consumer believes a larceny has been
perpetrated, to contact the District Attorney of
the appropriate jurisdiction."
The 8,000 cummuters
who use the Main Line of
the Long Island Railroad
IVom Ronkonkoma to Penn
Station will lind their 90-
minute commute eventually
shortened thanks to a grant
just announced by LI.S.
Senator Alfonse D'Amato
(R-C-NY). -^
The Senator was joined in
making the announcement
by Nassau County Execu­tive
Francis Purcell, LIRR
Pfesident Robin Wilson and
Richard T. Nasti, Regiona
Administrator of the Urban
Mass T r a n s p o r t a t i on
Administration.
The money will.be used to
electrify a 23.5 mile stretch
of track betwe'en Hicksville
and Ronkonkoma, allowing
.taste^jquieter^and^-clea^
service while eiimihatiiig the
time consuming change at
Jamaica for electric service
into Manhattan.
FEDERAL MONEY TO LI
The discretionary award
from the Urban Mass
Transportation Administra­tion
was made possible by a
D'Amato amendment to the
Gas Tax which requires that
out of every nickle of tax'
revenue generated at the
pump, a penny must be ear­marked
for mass transporta­tion
projects.
"This is an important
return of federal revenues to
Long Island," commented
Senator D'Amato. "If we
are to encourage a climate
for growth we must be able
to move people to and from
their places of work. The
allocation of federal resour­ces
to this vital project
ensures that goal of improv­ing
our mass transit oh Long
FEDERAL HELP FOR THE ROUTE OF THE DASHING DAN - U.S. Senator
Alfonse D'Amato (left), a member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations sub­committee,
presents a check for nearly $50 million to the president of the Long Island
Railroad, Robin Wilson (far right), for federal funding of the electrification of the
LIRR's main line between Hicksville and Ronkonoma. Joining them are (beginning
second}, from left) Richard Nasti, Regional Administrator of the Urban Mass Transpor­tation
Administration, Assemblyman Patrick Halprin and Nassau County Executive
Francis T. Purcell.
Island.
"There has been a 60 per­cent
jump in ridership alone
on the Main Line during the
past decade. We must be
prepared to meet the future
mass transit needs of our
region if we expect to con­tinue
to grow and expand,''
he said.
Administration noted,
"These federal funds repres­ent
good news for Long
Island Railroad commuters.
Through the strong efforts
of Senator D'Amato, who
wrote the legislation making
these monies available, this
important transit project
will become a reality. Major
benefits, including travel,
time savings and more effi­cient,
quiet service will tlow
to the thousands of daily
riders who depend upon the
nation's, largest commuter
railroad.
Electrification work
includes the installation of
the.third rail, the construc­tion
of power substations,
signals and communication
equipment. Purchasing of
the equipment is expecteid to
begin shortly with construc­tion
of certain elements in
progress.
Richard Nasti, Regional
Administrator of the Urban
Mass T r a n s p o r t a t i on
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