The-Leader_1970-05-14

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3Stli Y«Br. No. 4 FHEEPORT, N. Y.. THimSDAY. MAY 14. 1870 PRICE? FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Inside Freeport
b y J o h n M a c k
The local anti-administration newspaper built its most recent
(May 7) editorial attack on the Mayor on an inaccurate premise. In
its editorial calling for a full-time mayor or administrator, the paper
lamented the fact that Mayor Sweeney is not available for Village
business at all times because he is "trying to run an insiirance busi­ness
and support a family on the side." Thus, the subject editorial
continues, "the result is that the Deputy Mayor (William White) is
the one everyone calk, but he doesn't have the authority to make
decisions."
The truth is that the Deputy Mayor DOES have full legal
authority to make any decisions the Mayor could make. Section 80
of the New York Village Law states that "At the Annual Meeting
the Mayor shall appoint one of the Trustees as Deputy Mayor," and
it then specifies that "during the absence or inability of the Mayor,
the Deputy Mayor is vested with all Iho powon and may perform
all the dutira of the Mayor."
The additional truth is that ever fince the Village Party was
elected to control of this Village in 1861. there has been a Mayor or
a Deputy Mayor on hand, available, ready, willing and able to meet
any needs of the conununity that might arise. From 1961 to 1989,
Henry Altengarten, a local business man, served as Deputy Mayor.
From April 1969 to the present, William White, also a local business
man, served in tliis deputy capacity. Both Henry Altengarten and
Bill White have applied themselves fuUy and unselfishly, at great
personal sacrifice to their private and business affairs, to the endless
duCi^ of local government In this writer's opinion Freeport would
have had to pay 115,000 or $20,000 a year at Imsi, to obtain the type
of skilled and dedicated services that our two Deputy Mayors have
provided.
Thus tim politically motivated editorial's contention that "what
we need, and need badly, is full time administration . . . someone
at the top with the authority to make decisions," provides a poor
basis for intelligent debate on this important subject. If the paper
wishes to contend that Freeport needs a full-time Mayor because we
have grown so large, and have so many complex activities, that's
a horse of a different color. With the facts favoring full-time salaried
government so valid, why resort to non-facts?
A Woloomo To "Clialii Roaetlo&"
A new column headed "Chain Reaction" had its debut in The
Leader last week. Written by Mrs. Grace Beers, it will deal with the
subject of drugs and narcotics. Mrs. Beers is well qualified to write
on this subject as she is one of the leaders of the new "Try-Lite"
Committee, Freeport's oflficially-recognized narcotics organization.
Congratulations to Mrs. Beers and The Leader for getting togethei
on this undertaking which will serve to keep our citizens continu-oilsly
informed on our Number One Freeport problem.
ControUing Occupancy
There was a time when Freeport home owners could rent as
many rooms as they wished. Then, with the coming of zoning, no
more than two* rooms could be rented out, with a maximum of two
persons per room. Hot long ago the law was changed to permit rent­ing
of only ONE room to no more than two persons. And now a
new law allows only one tenant, in one room, in any residential zone.
Thus the restrictions tighten continuously and perhaps some day
there will be a ban on having any roomers whatsoever in private
home.
It is easy to pass occupancy laws. But as many communities have
l e a m ^ it is diSunilt to enforce them. The government has no legal
-light to go around searching your house and mine^witiiout plenty
of justification. There must be evidence indicating a violation. A
common source of complaints is from neighbors, but few people are
willing to come forward and give testimony. Aside from visual ob­servation.
thei« are other possibilities for detection of over-occupancy.
One might be postal records, another school attendance records, still
another tel^hone subscriber and utility lists. There are others. Yet
(Jigging out violations is a difficult and tedious job, and correcting
them requires careful gathering of evidence and scrupulous appUca-tion
of the law. Home owners often allege that tenants are friends
or rdatives paying a visit BuUdlng inspectors, ilpon arriving with
a warrant, may find no evidence of roomers on the premises but wfU
(Continued on page B)
Freeport Chamber
To See Moon Film
Date: Thursday. May 14. Time.
12:30 p.m.
Place: Sea Breeze Restaurant,
foot of Miller Avenue, Freeport.
Spectacular color movie of the
landing on the moon, "The Eagles
Have Landed."
Mcintosh School
Recital May 15
The Intermediate piano and
organ students of the Mcintosh
School of Music, 48 Hillside Ave­nue,
Rockville Centre, will be
presented In a recital on Friday
evening, BSay 15, at 8:15 o'clock.
Students participating in the
program will be: Laura Zwerd-ling,
Teresa Furey, Frances Ray-ner,
William Ryan, Daryl Hen­derson,
Lourdes and Peter
Bookalam, Rosemary PoUcano,
Janet Hansen, Mary Ann Squll-lace,
Alyessa Weinberg, Loretta
Greenholtz. Susan Rubenstein,
Paul Levy, Brian Bums, Tad
Rearick. Mark. Spence, T^nil
Hoflntmg, and C^mllle FUfUley.
BJC To Hear
Rackets Bur. Chief
Nassau Rackets Bure?<- Chief
Norman J, Levy will be i guest
speaker at the Bilay 19 /\nnual
Congregation Meeting of the
Baldwin Jewish Centre, to be
held at 9 p.m. at the Centre on
East Seaman Avenue, Baldwin.
Mr. Levy's subject will be the
Threat of Organized Crime.
Mr, Levy is a resident of the
City of Long Beach and has been
an Assistant District Attorney of
Nassau County since January 12,
1959. and since September, 1962
he has been Chief of the District
Attorney's Rackets Bureau,
which is charged with the inves­tigation
and i)bosecutlon of syndi­cated
organized crime.
PLANNING FORUM
Hoiwrable John D. Bonnatt Suixogata Jodg* oi
County, and Dr. Chrlsti^hof J. WamlL Suyiiwfamiwit oC flw
Fnoport Public Schools dtscuia plans- for ilM ISOi annwal ob*
••rvanoa oi forsonai Aiiain Monm mjiiitgiiiag Of • IIMKIU
Adttll Edueatton program at iho Bayvlaw avaBiif w^notifi. p a | l -
twitun;'71itei4*rr Mmf 21 «t 8 pan«. to-public
at* OOfdIaUf invitod.
Freeport Schools Sponsor
15th Annual Ohservance Qf
Personal Affairs Mondi
Plans were announced this week for the Fifteenth Anniuil Ob­servance
of Personal Affairs Month, a program involving an annual
individual and family check of the status their iinimidal aflaks, in­surance,
and health. The program was inaugurated In Freeport In
May 1956, and has since been observed in many cities throughout
the country.
This year for the first time.
Personal Affairs Month is being
co-sponsored by a school system,
with Dr. Christopher J. WarreU,
Superintendent of Freeport
Schools, serving as chairman of
this year's observance, and with
Proclamation Elks
1970
WH£R£AS, Hie Benevolent and Protective Order of
(B.P.O.E.} In the United States of America is observing May
as Elks Youth Month, and
WHEREAS, as i » r t ' o f the observance, the Freeport Lodge of
Elks has invited a groiiq> of students to participate as their guests
in a visit to VlUage Hall, and
WHEREAS, the objective of the day is to interest young people
in the value of cMzenahip, academic freedom and their heritage, and
WHEREAS, the members of the VUlage Boanl and all officials
of the Village of PreQKnrt are in ftiU accord and sjrmpathy with^tlib
observance
NOW, TBEBEFOBl, I Robert Sweeney, Mayor of the Incor-pcirated
Village of Wm^mA, do hereby proclaim the montti of ilfiq^
m N A U O N A L mXS YOUTH llONTH. In and for the Village^ of
Freeport . • ' /
mmmt J. S W I B N I Y , Mayor
the school system and Personal
Affairs Institute as co-sponsois.
The general theme of the observ­ance
will be "To Your Good
Health—Physical, Legal and Fi­nancial."
The Freeport Adult EducaticdB
Department under the lea(teiahi|}.
of Mr. Ronald Braz and Dr. '•SSSS'
E. Gordon, will Sffomit «:Per^
sonai Affairs Review^-Poniiii%!Bt
the Bajrvfew Avenue Sdiool afidl-torium
on Tbmsiay m ^ '^
21. at 8 o'clock, u n ^ r the title,
'*A New Dinwnslon In M^i
Education." AS:! •
Speakers wUl iiMrlude Skirro^ie
Judge ifAm 0 . Bemiet^ Bmm&fi-
Chairman of ^ year's olMMffI-.
ance, and a m^oi Wfdimi0'
attorneys urtio iwU dlicuss' vilPf
ous a^iects' of I l t t s n u l Afl^tf:
Invitatlmi to 'am^^',WmK&,
mill- be sent to
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