The-Leader_1973-03-08

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'BAST MEADOW, «Y U!>':r ,:
FREEPORT
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BALDWIN MERRICK ROOSEVELT
HtJlYiAR, No. 45 : FREEPORT, NEW YORK MARCH J , J 9 7 l PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
FREEPPRT VILLAGE HALL ADDITION IS DEDICATED. At the
dedication of the new Freeport Vill&ge Hall addition last Saturday,
dignataries adniire the plaque presin^ttd to Mayor Robert 4. Sweeney
by the Freeport Chamber of Comnrierce. Left to right are Assembly­man
Armand D'Amato, United States Congressman Norman Lent,
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Alphonse D'Amato, and County
ExBiajtivB RalphXasp. In the background is a large bronze replica of.
the official seal of the Village. After brief ceremonies Freeporters
toured the new:administrative facilities in the Village. The theme of
the day, as mentioned in talks by tlie'offJcials from hiflhar reilmi of
government, was that Freeport symbolizes the advantages of home
rule and local government close to the people.. (F>hoto by Oscar)
Yamim, White Diebate Debate
Offering to provide a public
haU for the confrontation, Ed
Yataiin, Mayor candidate of the
Suburban Party of Freeport,
issued a challenge to • WiUiam
White, candidate'for Ma^or on.
the Village Party slate, to debate
the key issues of the campaign,
"Unless we have this face-ton
face public-meeting""of^ the-Iwo^
major candidates for Mayor,'"
Yamin said,. WhUe could: hide
behind the sheer number of tofil"
candidates and escape ..a
showdown." He explained that
there^ are-thirteen-^candidates-j^
ontMBiOi^SOhe—KI^
.'mayoralr trustfee-and-police': candidate Edward Varnin's call
justice positions. At lhe~l:tvicr~ToOL"!ffian-t6-man" debate iSj "a
clients who can benefit from his
officials actions. But now the
conQict-of-interest situation^ is
acceptable to the boss and the
Party. Wouldn't it be interesting
^and revealing to hear White
answer that? .
Yamin stated that a telegram
had been sent to White requesting
the debate.-Yamlrr named teo
Canalizo as his representative to
meet with White or his
representative to arrange the
time, place; and ground rules for
the debate. • '
Deputjr Mayor WJliiani White
association jtrieellngs andrj).ther__
public gatherings where can--
didat^lspeaks he said,' each
person is allotted equal time and
it all"works out to. only a few
minutes^ each. Thus, he cbn-clu'des,
the hea«^ man of the in­cumbent
Village Party is able to
avoid the close impection of Ms
positions and record that are held
to be so essential in this cam­paign.
••The big Issues are broken
phoney attempt by Vamin to
separate himself from his party
and the record of. his running
In his telegram in reply, White
said:"^.-^..-'-:.-.. ' '^' •"' - .
"Your so-called challenge to
debate me and leave out all other
candidates • is nothing but a
phoney attempt to 'separate
yourself from your party arid
your running mate, Trustee
Lloyd Orr, In the public eye. You
know; very well that my running
BMot Position
Dispute
Asking the Friepdrt Village
Clerk to explain his 0MiKis^,for •
giving the top line on the voting
machines to hts^jOwn Village^
Party in tfie~March iO" Village
Election, Supreme Court Justice
Bernard McCaffrey today issued^
a Show Cause Order at the
request of tlie Suburban Party of
Freeport. Tlie Order required the
ViHage Clerk to answer in
Supreme Co.urt, Mineola, on
Wednesday. - - -
Edward R. Yamin, a Freeport
attorney', and the Suburban
Parly's candidate' for Mayor
requested the Show Cause Order
on behalf of the Suburban Party
and its candidates. He stated that
the incumbent Village Party had
"notified the other slates that' i(
was reserving the top line for
itself, and that the others could
have a drawing for the remaining
lines at Village ,Hall on Friday,
March 2. At that time all other
groups presenting full slates, the
Suburban Party, the Action
Party, and the Freeport In-'
dependents;, appeared and
refused to participate in what,
they terifted an illegal drawing.
"'This Is the ultimate exhibition
of raw bossism, a malady that
has gripped our Freeport"
government progressively, and
now totally," Yamin said..
"Mayor Sweeney, who is the boss
of the Village Party, now not only
runs the Freeport government as
boss, buL,also controls the local
political party that selects its
candidates. Now he has taken
another step - he dictates the line
on which .his hand-picked men
wiU juns Unchecked, this sort of
conduct can lead to an Orwellian-society
'right- here- in~-Freeport
well beforerl984." :— '
Yamin pointed out that can­didates
in Freeport's local
elections have tradltipnally
drawn Jots for their respective
lines on thevoting machines, "an
"enftinentjy" fair Iprocedure."
•'But,'!1ie concluded-, "fairness is
a word 4hatJias_been expunged
from the lexicon of the incumbent
Sweeney machine." j "
March 12 Hearing on Rental
Licensing
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The Freeport Villagfc Board
has set a public hearing for
March 12 on a new housing or-
^linance which-will provid^' for
rnspeciion and licensing of all "
j rental housing, including one
family units as well as two family
andrapartmenl houses. "^ " ^
Mayor Robert J, Sweeney said
the purpose of the ordinance is to
assure compliance with all
Village building codes and zoning
laws, Including those coverlng-
Ihb number of persons or families
permitted in a particular zone.
"This is one mor«f"step in pur
continuing program to upgrade
PYcepbrt neighborhoods," Mayor
S-j»eeney * said; "Our Code En­forcement
Department has
helped considerably in
eliminating ovcrroccupancy
situations and other illegal
residential • uses, and now this
new licensing ordinance will give
them and the Building Depart­ment
another effective tool."
If adopted by the Village Board
after, the public • hearing, the
ordinance will require that every
owner of a house or apartment
jthatis being rented to someohq
elsejmust obtain a permit from
the Supcriilendent of BuUdings,
renewable every two years,
providing that the swelling unit
or units continue to meet with the
Specifications of the Village
housing ordinances.
. The proposed ordinance reads
"in part, as follows:.
Sec. 1^-56, Renlai^Premises --
No person shall rpnl;i)rliffer to
rent, or lease any premises with ,
or. without furnishings, Unless
' such premises and its furnishings
-are clean, safe and in sanitary,
condition and"in"full"^e(ppliarice~
with thfe provisions of minimum
standards of Ihis ordinance, in
repair and Mejmm rodents or
"vermin and for which a permit
therefor? as provided herein.
shall have been obtained.
It shall be unlawful for any
person, either as owner, leasee,
or ai»cnt„ to use,—establish,—
mainlajn. operate or let any
prcmLses, entirely or partially for
residence, occupancy, where any.
fentispald or charges inadefor
such use or_occupancy, In the
Village of Freeport without first
having nblaincd a permit: from
the superintendent of, liuildlngs
tlierofor. Failure or refusal to
procure a pernnit hereunder «hall -
be deemed a violation and upon"
conviction shall be punishable by
a fine of not less thanonc hundred .
dollars ($100.00) and no more.._
than two hundred fifty dollars
($250,00) or by imprisonment not ~
to exceed fifteen (15) days in lieu
of or in addition to any fine for
.such violation and the person
violating the same shall be a
disorderly person. , ' •'
,Scc. 12-57, Application for
rental premil - <n> Application
for such permit shall bo made In
writing to the superintendent of
buildings on a form provided
therefor and shall contain the
name of the applicaj^tj the
location of< the premises and the
number of dwelling units and"
persons to twj accommodated.
(b) Each application shall be
accompanied by a plot plan or
sketch showing the size and
location of the premises, all
buildings and structures, and
showing the floor plan to .scale of.
each dwelling unit and ac­commodation.
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(e) Each application shall bfl~
executed by arid sworn to byjhe
owner Tof the premises or such '
person who operates such
TfremisesiroIHcr than the owner,
<d) The permit shall he valid'
for a period of two years from the
date of Lssuance oc-at the limei
there is any turnover of tenants
(whichever Is ffiilT.i
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campaign pledges, bossism, Hjiates and I have accepted every
cronyism, big spending, con-verslonof
Freeport into a Lefrak.
City, and conflict of Interest,",
Yamin staled. ''This last points
alonCj conflict of interestj could
consume many minutes of dlirect
debate, I would like to ask White
! how come the Village Party
campaigned so vigorously
against Glacken in 1961, and
defeated ;hii|i/ on, the major
I campaign Recusation that he was
' in conflict of Intei^t because he
was a local insurance man with
' clients whb,'could benefit by his
.official actions. Yet now, in 1973,
the same Party presents another
carididnte, White, also a local
insurance man, .also a man with
invitation to debate put forward
by any legitimate impartial oivlc
organization; We will gladly
continue to debate you at any
such forum, but the Suburban
Party is. not an impartial
organization and we wiU not lei
you make the rules. It seems io
me that you are presumptuous in
deciding for yourself that you are
the, ma joroppoiition.candidate,
as ybti said in youF telegram, and
the public n6ed not liear from' the
candidates of the other party and
the' independent candidates. '
I "We know you would like to get
as much distance between
yourself and your nmning mate,
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drir^ Votes "No
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Lloyd Orr,. Suburban Party
candidate for Village Trustee and
now an Incumbent member of
Freeport's Village Board, said at
Candidates Night sponsored by
.TASCAthat he had voted "No"
on a Bond tssue .proposal that
.came before the Village Board
last Monday night. The bond
resolution, presented In
..execjutlve session (rf tHe Board,
called for the authorization of
$2,300,000 of bonds for outdoor
improvements, parking,
swimming poolSi ice skating etc.»
asTialrt' of the new recreatioh
center being built at Mill Road
and S. Mall} St. :
"It is long past time for the
harrted taxpayer to get a break.**
Orr said. "This Recreation
Center, which started with
estimates of 12.000,000, now has
ballooned out of all proportion t^
over $7,000,000, and the co6t is
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A TESTIMONri^t* ItvinN Mayor Robert Swatri(ii^i!^(Jriii^l^^
day when tonie 650 perioitt gathered at (^rlHcspfil^, Baldwin, to
honor him on hit retirerniint ilftar 12ylari Miviot bylt^fittliriilb'itwtt
was alto mada to hit wife^ Maridia, here raceivlriB a bouquet of rotet
from Truttse Tom Lovelldp on beKdf of the Viilap Party. Presen*
tstiont to the Mayor vrare alto mada by "dM FrMpprttFire Depart*
ment, .'the P.BJ^/and the (Camber of Comm«rc8. Deputy Mayor
William Whits served as Master of Ceremoniei white Police Jiixdqt
Edwin Frtfedman delivered the evening's major addrets. llie fnvo'
cation and Benediction were dofte by the Rev. David Franeit Sweeney,
the M8yor.'abro4ter. (Photo by Oscar)
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