The-Leader_1970-01-28

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.35thldEAR,No.# I ^ ^ E ^ P l ^ J l i ^ i M m i p ^ 1971 „. PIHCEtTiNC®JlSF^Cf»*Y
liiree In an att^npt to oeate a unit^ front in flie Village
elections ^ated for March 16th, the Good Government
Party and the Independents of Fteeport met Mon. night to
dose ranks behind two candidates for Village Trustee, one
from each party. Mter a ttiree hour session, Henry Spitzler,
Camfifa^n Oialrman of the G.G.P. Issued the following
press release;
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Oood news'for'J^^pirt' is
reflected in rmiM^lst headline,
being read by-Ccfhi^ssinaB
Nonniin L^t, MB^m Bobert J.
Sweeney and Vipa^ Trustees
George Fairberg, Thomas
LoveMdge, Wttliam White and
Lloyd Orr. The leader tells the
slwy of tlM |S,M!,»9.00 grant
made availidile for ttie Preeport
Urban Eenewal Project as of last
Thursday.
This clears the way for
Fraeport to acquire (be lB-1/2
acie renewal site In the Ben»
nington Park Area, for con­struction
of 3(W units of housli^.
They will be In ttie f<mn of middle
in^tme pii^n aparttnenti, W of
Utim for low in^me iiRiil^ who
will receive imt subsid||BS.
Mayor Bxibmi 3. ^ ^ n ^ was
dat^ at ttw news. "We.have
b^n working on this Urban
Renewal Project tor several
ymrs ncm, and pt^hing whoever
we could to ni#@ il a reality as
quickly as possibly'* be said.
"Considering tbat -sraie proj^ts
around Long Island and the i ^ t
of the state have b^n in planning
fm ten years or mwe, WB are
f(»lunate that we mx finally at
the point where we can begin
acquiring property (w demoUUon
and reconsteuctlon.*'
The Village subinlited its
a^Ii^tton fw. ttie'^Beiudn^n.
Parle Project hi S^ptemter,- li67.
M rarier apfOkpticfii wlM
iiwlu^d the C^ntrsd B^j^ss
A^a was ri|^ted% the i^di^al
Gov€f nment .: .beiaii^._ the
department >f .Betting' and
Urban Development' Had a
clran^ in offidal priorities at the
ttrae, frofti ^onomlc devdop-m
«it to the cr^tlon of housing.
The Village Ihm had to go Into
new stu^^ and surveys for
planning an all->residential
project.
Urtain Renewal Dlr«tor John
Salvadore indicated ^ t plans
call for 100 ganlen aimrtmenls to
be built on tiie S-l/ 2 acre Ub&rty
Park Site, an {qi@D fteld next to
the Bennington Park RroJ^t
Area w^kh the Village is pur­chasing
from New YOTk City. Mr.
Salvaooi^ said tMt demolition in
B^nln^on Park wiU b^in after
^ime iamiUes are rek>cat«l into
ttie apartimnts to be built at
Liberty Paik,
Incbided in the plans is a small
ndghboA<»d shoeing cmter to
serve tte r^iieote otf the area.
Freei^t will be r^ponsible for
oidy l/Stb «f Uie cost, the
balance to be paid by the Federal
and State-Goveramente. Ttere
nm also scmne credits to the^
Viiai^ for.. supp^Hng services
tbroi^h the ai%a in 11^ of- c^b
payment
In a personal interview with a
Leader representative, young
ener^tie John Sal\mdore spoke
enthtmaMiea% of the enth^
Urban Renewal Program and
praised the Mayor and Village
B^rd for ttieir close coopwation
With Ms office,
Mr, Hariy Bi«fster, 3i yoir
old graduate of Nyack
Missiiffiiary (Allege bas been
aimolnt^ Deputy Director of
Uilton Renewal In chairge of
relocation . and property
managemeat. Mr. Brewster-spent
five years in Urban
Ren^ral in Huntington, Long
Island before joining
^Ivadora staff.
The firat properly title is ex­pected
by Apil 1st and S0% of all
neoEK^ai^ property titles should
be acquired by July 1st, 1971. The
Interfatth Oei^y are mm In the
p r ^ ^ of electing a general
contractor and arebiteet for the
project which is schei^led for
ground broking in the late
summer of 19?1.
"*For many weeks, the
representatives of the Good
.Gwemment Party have fcneen
meeting with representatives of
the Independents of Free^rt in
to arrive at a unlt^ front to
present two candidates in the
coming March I6th Village
Election.
"An agreement in principle
was arrived at in order thai there
•-lirould a<Ahe too many <c»nAclates
;;^':tn. ^Uif.. ileld-.. >apiM .tl^. in-
^cu|aM}nte;ai$4'£|^t.^^^
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ailimeBrPariy'aM^lhf-
.^•ifiieperiieifPbrty Biat If Ih^
.-.nominated their candidate, the
:.Good GQvernmeat Party would
then nominate its candidate to
ike up the mmplete slate.
"At a meeting held tonight
between repr^entalivra of the
C5ood Government Party and Uii
Independents, the Good
Government Party was told very
bluntly by the Independents that
they not only nominated the
Black candidate who had been
nomtnat^ t«'o weeks ago by the
Black Community, but another
candidate to make up the com­plete
slate.
"The GGP representatives
then inquir«l what happened to
the agreement of the "unification
effort" which would permit the
GGP to nominate a candidate,
and the reply was, "Their con­vention
had li«l their hands and
we shcHild not put any candidates.
In the field in the interest of
harmony."
tfUmier; ^ ^ e drcumstei^es,
,w/'^jSGP;:Ea4vl|^-fktl®';«3Blp^";/.-::..'
^ »w^/'«.•«% • iHdi MiiS|Bl
pi^|iMap\^--'ttte--f^'
thcom^^ election.
"The nidependents advised the
GGP that they would go back tn
their convention which had been
recessed and would then advise
the GGP of their ^ecislon."
The candidates'* chosen by the
IFF are Nathaniel Jackson
nominated two weeks ago by the
Black Community and Pliilmore
Schiff, insurance agent of 23S
PINE Street, Freeport It is
rumored that the GOP candidate
would be Mark Hroncieh
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mymMiiir s UND iicoiiisniiM MAP
Levy Named to Post
New York State Senate Pri^dent Pro-Tein Earl W.
Brydgesannounced the appointeent of Senator Norman J.
Levy as Chairman of the Se»»te
Committee on Villages. At bis
office in the Capitol Senator
Brydges remarked, "I am most
pleased to appoint Senator
Norman J. l«vy as Chairman of
Ihta Committee. I am positive he
will do an excellent Job in helping
to solve the problems that beset
our .small communitfes
throughout the State,"
Senator Levy said, "Villages
fonn the lifeblood of the Seventh
Senatorial Disb-lel. and as an
advocate of the pr^ervalion of
local home rule, I am gratified to
have been designated Chairman
of this Committee."
Duncan Serling, Jr., President
of the Nassau County Village
Officials Association said, "Tlii«
Vllla^ Officials Association m
delighted with the ai^ntment ai
Senator Norman Levy as
Chairman of the Committee on
VIMag^. We took forward m a
close working relationship "
^beit Sweeney, the Mayor of
Freeport, said, "It is great to
imve our own Stete Senator In a
position to sp^k out for local
goveronmnt in the Stete, in-eluding
our own Village of
Freeport, of course."
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