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VOL. 32 NO. 16 August 20,1987 to August ?6,1987 20 cents per copy
1987/88 Nassau School
Assessment Roll
The 1987-88 Nassau County school tax roll reached
$3,924,623,106 of taxable value, an increase of 89,379,581
from the 1986-87 figure of $3,835,243,525 or 2.330 percent
according to a report released today by Abe Seldin, Chair­man
of the Nassau County Board of Assessors.
These figures are the basis for school taxes in Nassau
County for the coming 1987-88 school year. They include all
but one of Nassau County's school districts. The Glen Cove
school district levies its taxes based on the tax roll prepared
by the City of Glen Cove.
"The increase is a little smaller than last year's, but still the
second largest in more than two decades," Seldin said. "An
increase in taxable assessed value helps offset any increases
in spending and keeps the tax rate from going up as much as
if the school district's taxable assessed value remains the
same or goes down," he continued.
$27.5 million in new assessed value primarily represents
new construction in the county between May 1, 1986 and
May 1, 1987. Most of the increase, more than $80 million in
taxable value, came from the second-year of a five-year
phase in of new assessed values placed on existing commer­cial
and industrial properties last year. This phase in is
required by state law.
Some of the new construction projects which swelled
Nassau County's 1987-88 school tax roll include a develop­ment
of luxury single-family homes in Brookville, ware­houses
in Port Washington and Plainview, office buildings
in Roslyn and condominiums and townhouses in Latting-ton.
East Meadow, Long Beach, Atlantic Beach and North
Hills.
There was also an offsetting decrease of $22,077,359 in the
assessed value of special franchise property. Special fran­chise
is the assessment which serves as the basis ior property
taxes utilities like LILCO and the telephone company pay
forthe right to run their poles and wires on streets and other
public rights of way. The New York State Division of Equal­ization
and Assessment, makes these assessed value deter­minations.
The decrease came about because of a change in
the method of assessing this type of equipment put into
effect by the state Division of Equalization and Assessment.
The five school districts with the greatest increase in taxa­ble
value are: Mineola, 7.050 percent; Uniondale, 5.844
percent; Roslyn, 5.075 percent; Syosset CSD 2, 4.973 per­cent;
and Carle Place, 4.689 percent.
Only three school districts had decreases in total taxable
value: Old Bethpage, -0.664 percent; Hempstead, -0,546 per­cent;
and Malverne, -0.288 percent.
25th Anniversary
Bemstein Named
VPAt
Community Hospital
Steven Bernstein of
Plainview has been
appointed vice president of
development at The Com­munity
Hospital at Glen
Cove. The announcement
was made by Community
Hospital President Walter
R. Rentschler.
Prior to his appointment
at Community Hospital,
Mr. BtiHstein was director
of development ior the Visit­ing
Nurse Service of New
York, in charge of the multi-million
dollar fund raising
program for the VNS family
of corporations. He also
held development positions
with American Lung Asso­ciation
for Nassau/Suffolk,
the Human Resources Cen­ter
and the Council for
National Policy Planning.
A summa cum laude
graduate of York College of
the City University of New
York and a Gordon Fellow
in the Department of Polit­ics
at Brandeis University
Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences, Mr. Bernstein
is a member of the National
Society of Fund Raising
Executives and the Direct
Mail Fund Raisers Associa­tion.
Drug Insurance Plan For
Senior Citizens
Nassau County Executive
Thomas S. Gulotta has
urged seniors age 65 or older
to apply for a new, low-cost
drug insurance plan to help
them cope with the high cost
of prescription drugs. The
cost-sharing plan, known as
the New York State Elderly
Pharmaceutical Insurance
Plan (EPIC), will begin
paying benefits on October
1, 1987, to seniors who meet
income eligibility require­ments
and who are not
covered for prescription
drug expense by health
maintenance organization
or Medicaid.
"Our seniors have worked
hard over the years to make
our County what it is
today;..one of the finest
areas in the entire country in
which to live, work and raise
a family," Gulotta noted.
"As such, they deserve every
consideration in their
golden years in order to
enable them to continue to
live with dignity in our
County. I am pleased that
the State has established this
important program for
seniors to obtain eligibility
requirement information as
soon as possible,"
Gulotta cautioned, how­ever,
that "Coverage is not
automatic. Applications are
now available and 1 urge all
eligible seniors to fill them
out as quickly as possible.
Upon presenting the card at
participating pharmacies,
the seniors' co-payment can-range
from $3 (for drugs
costing $8 or less) to $15 (for
drugs costing more than
$33)."
According to Nassau
County Department of
Senior Citizen Affairs
Commissioner Adelaide
Attard, "Our department
has long advocated a Pres­cription
Drug Program for
seniors. We are pleased that
the EPIC plan has become a
reality."
The new program which is
available to eligible resi­dents
of New York State
offers two insurance plans ~
- Comprehensive Coverage
and Catastrophic Coverage.
Coverage cannot be refused
due to an existing medical
condition. The point at
which EPIC will start saving
the participant money
depends on drug expenses
and income; however, some
seniors may be able to save
almost 60% of their annual
prescription drug expenses.
Those who request and
use generic drugs, which
cost on the average, only
half as much as brand-name
products, will be able to save
more money on their co-payment
portion. A new
prescription form has been
devised to encourage the use
of generic drugs, which will
benefit all New Yorkers, not
just those enrolled in the
EPIC program. It requires
pharmacists to fill prescrip­tions
with the lower costing
generic drugs, unless the
doctor specifies by marking
a special box that a brand-name
drug must be used.
For applications and
further information, call the
New York State EPIC
(Continued on Page 3)
Assemblyman Philip B. Healey is shown holding registration forms for the Senior Citixen
Prescription Drug Plan which will go into effect October 1st of this year. The assemblyman
is giving out forms and inforniation to the various Senior Citizen Groups.
Assisting the assemblyman are Betty Bud^ Director of the Bethpage Senior Citizens and
John Corso, President of the Bethpage Senior Citizen Center.
Hearing SahsdulsdOnAdopim &fl\la$sm Camiy Water Ordmame
refrigeration units, car washes and fleet maintenance facili­ties.
The ordinance will set a deadline of June 30, 1989, for
the installation of such equipment and establish a schedule
of penalties for noncompliance.
Judy Bovaird, (Left) Vice President Charles Campagne
PTA presents Miss Mary Quinn, School Principal with 25th
Anniversary plaque.
The Oyster Bay Town Board has scheduled a public hear­ing
for Tuesday, September 15, to consider the adoption of a
Nas.sau County water ordinance.
Ihe Town Board will consider amending the Town's
Building Zone Orditiance to incorporate a law recently
enacted by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors requir­ing
water recycling equipment for air conditioning and
The hearing will be held in the hearing room of Town Hall
East. Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, beginning at 10 AM.