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FREEPORT,NEW YORK, OCTOBER 1 2 , 1 9 72 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Levy:State Short-changes
Village
"Why should the VUlage of Freeport, with a population of
more than 40,000, receive only $210,000 in State funds
while flie City of North Tonawanda, with only 36.000
residents; receives $1,227,000?" says Republican State Sen-
,j|tor Norman J. Levy, Chairman of the Senate Committee
^ 'n1|gages, in announcing that his Committee will conduct
a series of hearings, throughdur the State, aimed at devising'
a new foimula for State revenue sharing. He cites the Village
as an obvious example of unfair allocation.
Under the present system, Senator Levy explained, vil­lages
are shortchanged simply because they are named
'Villages" rather than "cities". He indicated he would seek
to change the revenue sharing formula to one which takes
into account population, density of population and the
seiyices performed by the municipality. ;,
Ig^j^v AppI i t -was .amiicmiic6ia;ibys F^reepfdrt: Mayor ^ b e i rt
l30G1l.pO.Nitniter4tGildof^^^ ym^in m^tdtf^tm^p stafi^aid given to vUlages and cities. The suit has not come
win over tMrnmiea^'ioe-^i^^^t^tiQ^* fi^^fii»«''ttifee'wititf lii' a'iow'with rtolossek Seo"*'Sii*irtin'" ^ trial-as yet.)
Senator Levy's comments came in the wake of a hearing
l4twraiwe^''Joe-'M9if^ in a'iow'wllh no'lbsses. See"'*Sii^irtin'
Devils" on page 6 for detailii (PhOto by DbniM Wall)
Bike Safety Profipram Too Late for Two
at C^
T h I r t e e n-year-oldl Richard
Smmer. son of Bidisrd and Mar>
ion ammer. Is listed In "falr
condition" following surgery as
we go to press and 14*year-old
Richard FcAey ct 716 Sonfh Ocean
Avenue as **satisf&ctory" In Doc­tors
Hospital fifflowing accident
last Thnrsday afternoon, OcMier
S, at the btteraedinti of Wood-cleft
Avenne and Frmit Street.
Freep<Hl. Witnesses to tbe acci-dent,
wbicb ocdured at 3:10,
rep«Ml tbat ammo* was pedaling
the bike witb FUey as a passenger
and rode ont into Front Street
without stt^lng. Ibe bike was
struck by vdilcle being driven
east Mt Fn»l by Liewls Stein. 81
of 58 Robert Street.
AccinrdlDg to FreepiHi Police,
young Smmar suffered a
fractured left leg, abrailona of tbe
head and a possiUe skull frac­ture
whMe Foii^ receive back
Injuries.
Enthusiastic support for the
Freeport Bicycle Safety
Program was generously
demonstrated this w^k with the
donation of $250 by the Sons of
Italy.
This money wiU be used to
purchase two completely
equipped bicycles-one for a girl
and one for a boy-which will be
given away at a drawing at the
completion of the bicycl^afety
registration, testing, and in­spection
program.
Any student whose bicycle is
already registered with the
Freeport Police Department or
who will have it registered at one
oi the scheduled dates coming up,
and who goes throu^ the in­spection
and testing procedure at
one of the elementary schools,
will be eUgibte for the drawing.
School Bm Driver Injured
A woman bus driv^, employed
by tbe 1\mifar Transportation
Company to transport Freeport
students to special classes
conducted for emotionally
disturbs! diQdren at the BOCES
Greoitrees Sdiool^ ifidtsville,
was hosjpltaUzed last week
foUowii^ an ioddeot idddi oc­curred
last Ihursday a t Wanta^i
AvenuMs fmdSouttieni State Park*
way as the iiiiiii4}i^ was r^ur-ning
stiideirts to flie inilage.
Accordiii^ to scliMil officials,
twoyouiigrters b^gan to fight and
the driver^tiie i»|y adidt aboard,
'inui'ilBmlnB'.flie DiiS'.doini''irtieii'
tlnguisber was touched off
spraying tbe woman with
chemical. Upon inhaling the
fmnes, the wcnnan lost coi-sdousness
aftar halting the bta.
Stc^iped as it was hi timmidst of
traffic, Nassad County.: Pcdlce
arrived at the s^ab ^moet
inunedialdy ami transported the
driver to a bo^tal t^wtoe die
was treated lor sevetei days for
loss itf b ^ voice. '
School iiffidals now report tiiat
the driver has regained ho*
speech and is uudei^oing
jfctottwd btd ratal iiome for «
iftilfinB throat,. .
The bicycles will be on display
at the schools during the bicycle
safety assembly presentations.
Iliis should be an added incentive
for youngsters to cooperate and
participate in the bicycle safety
p-ogram.
A flyer ' explaitllng-'i''the'
{H-ograin, and an accottipan^ilrig
letter litHii POIIJWB: Chief Elar
concemlngn^Pre^wrt's''bfliycle
ordinance; have 'goiK out to all
residents of tb^' i^a'ge: '
Procedures for rc^tering and
testing the bicycles are being
coordinated by the Freeport
Police Department, the Freeport
School Administration, and
Freeport Council PTA.
The committee is looking
forward to the wholdiearted
support from parents to make
this a successful endeavor.
Girl Killed in
Motorcycle Accident
Randy Nielsen, 19. of 21 Bell-more
Avenue, Point Lookout, was
killed at 8:30 pm, Tuesday, Oc­tober
10, when the motiffcycle she
was riding was in collision with
automobile driven 1^ 36-yMr-ohi
Joseph WardofBrocddj^. 200i^
east of 0evejan(i Aveiiue ^h.-Mer-rick
Boad, Freeport.
Accordingto witoesses, the car
passed over the .girl and the
motorcycle sietting it aflre. While
managing to get to her feet, Miss
Nielsen almost immediately ad-lapsed
and was dead on arrival at
South Nassau Commtmities Hosp-
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Ward was not bailed.
on State funding of VUlage Governments, which his com­mittee
held in cooperation with the State's Joint Legislative
Committee on Laws Affecting local Government, chaired
by Assemblyman George J. Farrell, Jr.
The joint session, held October 2 in the Malverne Village
Hall, was called to gamer the suggestions of Nassau County
Village officials on ways in which a new revenue sharing
formula might be structured.
Senator Levy indicated he was pleased with the sugges-tftp$-!
whi(ch the two committee chairmen received. *'[t has
b ^ h apparent to State and local officials that the present
formula diortchanges our villages. The suggestions for new
formulas which we recewed will help form the basis for new
legislation to remedy this inequity".
Senator Levy said, "there is no question that our be-leagpred
cities need aU the money they are getting, but.
these payments cannot be made at the expense of Village
governments which provide essentially tfie same services,
have many, if not all, of the same problems and will face
growing needs in the yeais to ccHne.
WHEN THE NORTHEASTER HIT. The owner of this car parked on
&xfth Ocean Avenue near Smith Street may not feel lucky looking at
tiie damage done ilirfien Saturday morning'i storm caused the limb of
• trMtofaUipierdng the roof of hit c a r . . . but tf he had been littlng
In tho d i i v w t i i i t . . . . . (LiADER Photol
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