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VOL. 20 NO. 28 Week of October 17 - October 23, 1985 20 cents per copy
LI. 's Own Ronald McDonald House Republicans yya||^ p^^ j ^ g Hungry
Endorse Mc Cabe
Nassau and Suffolk
County Republicans
unanimously endorsed
Edward McCdbe, the Nas­sau
County Attorney, as a
candidate for Supreme
Court Judge, at the Judicial
Conventions recently held at
the Crest Hollow Country
Club
McCabe brings with him
a distmguished legal back­ground,
including service as
the North Hempstead Town
Attorney, Law Secretary tor
lormer County Court Judge
Bernard Tomson and as an
Assistant District Attorney
ot Nassau County
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (left) takes
part in the ground breaking ceremonies for the first Ronald McDonald
House being constructed on Long Island. The house will be located on the
grounds of the Schneider Children's Hospital of L.l. Jewish Medical
Center. Shown are: Supervisor Gulotta; Phyllis Barell and Martin C.
Barell, Chairman, LIJ, of East Norwich; Celebrity Celeste Holm, New
Hyde Park; County Executive Francis T. Purcell; Ronald McDonald;
Councilman Eugene Weisbein.
Day/Night Budget Hearing Set
Oyster Bay Town Super-visor
Joseph Colby
announced that the 1986
Preliminary Budget will
hold the General Town Tax
rate at 87 cents per $100 of
assessed valuation for the
fourth consecutive year.
The Town Board set a day
and night public hearing on
the Preliminary Budget for
Tuesday, October 22, 1985,
The hearing is scheduled for
10 AM and 8 PM in the
Town Hall East' hearing'
room in Oyster Bay.
Supervisor Colby com­mented
that "although costs
continue to increase,
department heads and other
Town officials have made a
conscientious effort to
develop better, cost effective
methods of providing
needed services more effi­ciently.
This has greatly
assisted us in again main­taining
our low tax rate."
The Preliminary Part-
Town (Planning, Building
and Zoning) Budget, which
is not paid by property
owners in villages, was
reduced for homeowners by
6 cents. That reduction
offsets a 6-cent increase in
the Highway tax, which also
is not paid by property
owners in villages.
In addition, the 1986 Pre­liminary
budget totally elim­inates
the $2.15 tax rate for
Sanitation Transfer and
Transport Expenses.
The proposed General
Town Budget—that budget
covering the entire Town—
totals $38,343,712. The 1985
total was $36,097,926.
Under the State law
allowing Nassau County to
establish four categories of
property assessment, each
with its own tax rate, allow­able
adjustments have been
made to benefit homeown­ers.
The rates for the pro­posed
1986 General Town
Budget would be set as fol­lows
(1985 rates are in
brackets): Class I properties
(one, two and three-family
homes) 87 cents ('85 rate: 87
cents); Class II properties
(apartments) 96 and 7/ lOths
cents ('85 rate: 94 and 4/ 5ths
cents); Class III properties
(utilities) 95 and 2/5ths
cents ('85 rate: 95 and I / lOth
cent); Class IV properties
(all others) 95 and 3/5th
cents ('85 rate: 95 and 1/2
cent).
The slight increase/de­crease
in the different
assessment categories is a
reflection of the adjustment
favoring homeowners and.
the amount of new construc­tion
among the four classes.
The Preliminary Budget
for Part Town (Planning,
Building and Zoning) totals
$2,868,956. The 1985 total
was $2,787,584. Under this
proposed budget, which
does not affect property in
villages; the rates would be
as follows: Class I, 15 and
3/lOths cents ('85 rate: 21
In addition to his dis­tinguished
record of public
service and his excellent cre­dentials
in the field of law,
• Ed McCabe has played an
active role in his home
community of New Hyde
Park through his leadership
in the Knights of Columbus
Council No. 2852; the
BPOE Lodge No. 2107; the
Ancient Order of Hiberni­ans,
Division 6; the Holy
Name Society and the Lake-ville
Estates Civic Asso­ciation.
McCabe is seeking one of
five available seats on the
bench of the New York
Supreme Court.
Oyster Bay Town Clerk Ann R. Ocker presents a procla­mation
declaring Sunday, October 20, "Walk for the
Hungry Day" in the Town. Accepting is Rev. David G.
Dethmers, pastor of the Massapequa Reformed Church and
coordinator for the 4th Annual Interfaith Walk for the
Hungray. In addition to the Massapequa Reformed Church,
congregations that have registered for the Walk include
Community United Methodist Church of Massapequa,
First United Methodist Church of Amityville, Grace Epis­copal
Church of Massapequa, Hollywood Baptist Church of
Amityville, Levittown Community Church, Maria Regina
R.C. of Seaford, Plainview Reformed Church, Presbyterian
Community Church of Massapequa, St. David's Lutheran
Church of Massapequa, St. Gregory of Nyssa Greek
Orthodox Church of Seaford, St. Martin of Tours R.C. of
Amityville, St. James R.C. of Massapequa, St. Paul's
Reformed Church of North Babylon, St. Rose R.C. of Mas­sapequa,
St. William the Abbot R.C. of Seaford, Temple
Judea of Massapequa and Unity Lutheran Church of Mas­sapequa.
Over the past three years, the local hunger walk has
raised more than $33,000, which has been distributed to
various agencies that aid refugees, respond to disasters and
develop programs on increase food production among the
hungry. Groups and individuals who would like to join the
walk should contact Rev. Dethmers at 799-5158.
and 3/ lOths cents); Class II,
15 and 9/lOths cents ('85
rate: 23 and 2/5ths cents);
Class III, 17 cents ('85 rate:
23 and 1/2 cent); Class IV,
17 cents (:85 rate: 23 and
3/5thscents).
The. 19S6 Preliminary
Budget for Highway totals
$13,345,613. The 1985 total
was $12^644,964. This tax is
not pari of a homeowner's
bill if the property is in a
village. Under this proposed
budget the rates would be set
as follows: Class I, $ 1.42 and
1/2 cent ($1.36 and 1/2
cent); Class II, $1.59 and
9/lOths cents ($1.49 and
3/5thscents)Classin.$l.57
and 1/2 cent ($1.50 and
2/ 5ths cents); Class IV $ 1.57
and 9/lOths cents ($1.51 and
1/lOthcent).
Colby said tha.l for
homeowners, "the decrease
in the Part-Town rate totally
offsets the slight increase in
the Highway rate."
Colby noted that the
$2.15 tax rate for Sanitation
Transfer and Transport
Expenses was totally elimi­nated
in 1986 as a result of
the Town's success in block­ing,
for almost a year. State
efforts to force Oyster Bay
to ship its residents' refuse to
out-of-state landfills. "By
using every legal means
available we were able to
save the tax dollars that the
State has been tryirig to
force us to spend since last
October," Colby said.
In the Preliminary Budget
document, copies of which
are currently being printed
for distribution in the Town
Clerk's annexes and to pub­lic
libraries throughout the
Town prior to the October
22nd hearing, the revenue
and allocations for all spe­cial
districts in the Town are
also included.
There are more than 50
special districts that supply
such services as fire piiotec-
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