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Vol. 5 No. 8 *jg*m4
Thursday, December 24, t\>v, v
Old Bethpage
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OF V*E B O O K CORPS: a helping hand,. loving heart, a
love of givtag. For sure, the helpers of Walter B. Syaak of Mineola
(his son John, and Jamie Lanzisera of Melville) have these qualities
in abundance.
thirty countries around the world. Most of the books are text and
library books discarded by Long Island public schools, and textbooks
from college students who no longer need them.
More than thirty million dollars worth of books are discarded and
burned each year by the New York State schools while millions of
children, on the other hand, have no textbooks to study from. Sysak
wants to save the books and help the children. To date he has saved
more than a million dollars worth of books. His book project needs
volunteers to pack books and money to pay for the shipping costs.
Local school districts who have participated in this project include
Plainedge, Levittown and Syosset school districts.
For information call Walter Sysak PI 6-8063 (Day) or PI 7-1528
(night).-
Seek More Control Of Real Estate Fraud
, SSttaattee SSeennaattoorr RRaalipnhtf" TJ . MMoa.rii no —M—l ———— •' --- —
(R-East Norwich), the Chairman
of the Ad Hoc Committee to In­vestigate.
Mortgage Frauds and
Tax Lien Sales, has prefiled
legislation designed to require
individuals engaged in the
purchase of real estate as a
business to be licensed by the
Secretary of State as dealers.
Under current law, real estate
brokers acting for others must be
licensed although those acting for
their own account need not be
licensed. The bill was also
prefiled in the Assembly by
Assemblyman William Burns (R-Amityville).
Marino said that the legislation
was prompted .by mortgage
frauds uncovered by the com­mittee
whereby a small band of
unscrupulous individuals have
deprived homeowner es of their
ho;n*e^4h*ough ..question
dealings:
In introducing the legislation.
Marino explained the activities of
some real estate speculators,
"When a homeowner falls in,
arrears in his home mortgage
payments and. the bank begins
foreclosure procedures, a notice
of foreclosure sale is published in
a local newspaper as a legal
advertisement. ^?
"Some real estate operators
watch these advertisements and
visit the homeowner offering to
pay off the mortgage if the
homeowner gives the speculator
a deed to the property. The real
estate operator tells the
homeowner that he can buy the
property back when he gets his
State Senator Ralph J. Marino prefiles anti real estate
fraud legislation in Albany.
affairs straightened out and, in
the interim, he may live in the-house
and pay rent. When it
comes time to buy the property
back, the real estate operators
have either transferred the
property to another corporation
or indicate that the property is
tied up in litigation."
The legislation prefiled by
Marino would require the
registration of real estate dealers
who engage in our three
speculative deals per year. The
Secretary of State would be
authorized to regulate real estate
dealers and revoke the
registrations of those who fail to,
comply with the standards set by
the Secretary of State.
Marino has announced that the
committee is studying the en­forcement
of tax liens and will
intoduce legislation to curb
abuses in this area in- the near
future.
Tobay Offers Town Internships
photo by Jack Pokress
SAD, SAD, SAD- As title dreams faded away, the
"Miracle of the Giants" did not come to pass. The LA
Rams treated New York's finest coldly last Sunday,
just as the weather did. It was 31-3 on the score board
and it seemed as if New York was. not having the day
everyone thought they would.
A stratgey session along the side lines during the 2nd
half shows Coach Alex (Red) Webster between his star
center Greg Larsen (53) and ace quarterback Fran
Tarkenton (10). But it didn't come to pass, no victory,
no title and no Met-Uke miracles.
Town Supervisor John W.
Burke announced today that
applications are being accepted
for the Supervisor's Intern
Program which was begun by
Burke last year in an effort to
involve young people in govern­ment.
"Last year we were over­whelmed
by the response from
young mien and women interested
in a. chance to participate in the
local government structure,"
Burke said.
"We were so delighted with the
success of the initial program
that we plan to increase the
number of interns from six to
eight for 1971."
The Supervisor girted the
program as providing a valuable
training ground for the com­munity
leaders of the future as
well as enabling the Town to take
advantage of untapped 'brain
power.'
Besides seminars with Town
officials, the interns involved in
last year's program participated
in research projects, such as the
analysis of ordinances,
demographic and ecological
surveys, cataloguing of historical
properties and the development
of consumer protection
proposals.
Burke said he is once again
seeking the recommendation of
highly-qualified students in a
letter he is circulating to com­munity
leaders throughout the
Town. The Supervisor added,
however, that the program is
open to all who qualify and fulfill
the necessary requirements
which include a minimum age of
17 and minimum of one year of
college.
Those selected for appointment
will be paid at a rate of $100 a
week for 10 weeks beginning in
June and will be assigned to
departments and agencies based
on their particular interests and
the ability of the governmental
department to utilize them.
Financial aid for the Intern
Program will be received from
the Federal Work - Study
Program.
Jeffrey Kaplan of Massapequa,
one of the six students who
participated in 1969, termed last
year's Intern Program a success
for both the Town and students,
"the experience of seeing and
being a part of a governmental
process is a form of education
that can never be duplicated or
equaled," Kaplan stated in a
report on the program.
Joel Behar of Bayville put it
this way:: "The Supervisor's
Internship Program was and is a
very good step in the direction of
utilizing a virtually untapped
natural resource *(youth)
Educated, informed young
people are plentiful throughout
the country, yet their energy,
their imagination, their youthful
exuberance is disregarded or
channeled into unskilled
meaningless jobs. An intern
program implies that there is a
serjousness on the part of the
Town to genuinely create a
. dialogue between youth and
government officials."
Burke said that he expected an
even greater response than was
received last year, and,
therefore, was seeking the early
return of applications. Ap­plications
can be obtained by
writing to the Supervisor, Oyster
Bay Town Hall, Audrey Avenue,
Oyster Bay, New York, 11771.