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NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR, No. 46 FREEPORT, JNJEW YORK, MARCH 11, 1976 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
Casino Complex
In Trouble
FREEPORT— An engineer's
Inspection of the Casino Pool
Apartments has been ordered by
the Village Board of Trustees.
The property, bounded by Casino
Street, Weslside . Avenue,
Roosevelt Avenue and Randall
- Bay, wDl be inspected with a view
to having it demolished as sub­standard
and. unsafe. The
property has been boarded up for
several months. Previously,
apartments had been rented by
th^ owner, Bert Nestler of
Hempstead. .'.
The Casino property is in a
.Residence- A Zone. With, the
present structure .a" • non­conforming
use, the owner had
-received a 'variance-feom the
"Pteepart' Zoningr-Board -of-A'
peals in. July 1975. to biiild a 48:
~unit^'luM>ry:uapatim^^- complect
on the site. In grianting the
variance, the Zoning Board
stipulated that the present
buUdihg was to be demolished by
February,28;v'..
A legal notice, published this
week In THE LEADER, - an­nounces
a sale of the property
wni be held April 8, in an action
started byr Suffolk businessman,
Wimam Scholz. NesUer told THE
Task Force Jo Sefecf
Successful Applicants
FREEPORT— The Village's Urban Homestcading Program guide­lines
were released this week. Under the Homcsteading Program,
funded partially by a portion of the Village's Community.Develop­ment
Act grant and partially by the U.S. Housing and Urban Develop
ment (HUD) Homcsteading Demonstration Program, the Village will
rehabilitate and offer to potential , .
improvement loans, real ^tate
taxes, utility costs, maintenance
and Insurance, In evaluating an
applicant's financial ability to"
meet these costs, his or her other
debt commUments, employment
history and other indications of
financial stability will be con­sidered.
The guidelines setup steps in
the selection process which start
with advertising in local and area
owner-occupants some 60
presently Imrded up homes, 21
of which^ were received from
HUD at no cost to the Village. The
homes, under both Homestcading
Programs, are in the area
bounded by the Long Island
Railroad, Babylon Turnpike, the
northerly Village^ line and
Wallace Street. •
.The properties-•'will be
rehabilitated up to Village code
^[aadairii^fiy.. - . " "
- Ageiicy - Cwhlch has been
.to •• attract.lUht&testedl
bmesteaders. Prospective
,^th6*Freeport Ur- homBSteaders. will'.then be
ardency')' prior to screened' by ' the Homestead
Board
•han Renewa
occupancy being pennitted
: An eligible applicant must be 21
years old and a citizen of. the
United States,'or with legally
declared intentions to be one. A
husband and wife may file
•; together provided one fits the
criteria. While no specific
minimum or maximum income
limits' have been established by
FREEPORT'S;-FEARLESS volunteer firefighters,-responded to a
mutual aid call.from the .Village of .Hempstead^ Monday afternoon.
Frecport's. Truck'.One,,Englrio Company, Hoie Two and Hose Fi»e
found themselves in the midst of a $300,000,'four store'blaz^ on
' Fulton Street.. Members of the Explorer Past were • on' hand to
observe.' i ; , ! ' :~ • "^ (LEADER photos)
"pSSDEirihat unless ''somebody
• conies through with th^' money,".-
it win be forieclosed'on that day.
!'I have no more money- to put
Into it;" NesUer-sald, p6inting4iut
(Continued on Page 9)
blB Looking
-thcr-guideV
(which ' h a s , been
designated • the Community
Development Task Force) to
"determine financial ability;
family site versus size of
property, rand other pertinent
factors. In the event there are "
multiple qualified prospective-—-.
homesteaders interested in a
single property, the following
alicant factprgrw
must show- adequate financial
resources.to handle acquisition
and rehabilitation costs and must
be able to'meet the antidpated
monthly costs, relating"to home -
ownersWp. "These would Include
the - principal, and interest
charges on the mortgage or home
conside"red~nr
giving preference: (I) non-homeowner;
^ (2) Village
resldentr (3) presently employed
in the Village; (4) otherwise well
qualified;""(5)-ability-to-quaUfy7
for financing; and (6) a
-reasonable match l)etween the.
(Continued on Page 12)
Mjqfor^peak$ Oijt On t o W ^ Housing Af F r e e p o rt
FREEPOR'T ~ At the two recent public hearings r^aitling
the Community Development-Act,, several, pieople" referred to
construction df additioi>al7low^cost housing units in FreQWrt,,
Mayor William White; who"iK%sided at the first meeting but was '
absent from the second a » due to-illness, several times .had
cixplained that the subject of the:
HUD low<ost housing pro-am
was not the subjectof the publit
hearing. , - . "
. However, at' the second
meeting, Trustee Wayne Jordan
expressed the opinioh that the
Village has a committment'to
provide better housing for the.
people of Freeport who had t>een"
promised it and who had not yet
receivKi it. He specifically cited
40 families who, he~bdieved,
should be helped due to earlier
relocation problems following the
buflding of Liberty, Park (THE
LEADER, 3/4/76).
In response to the statements
made by Jordan and others at the
hearings. Mayor "While 'has
issued the following statemeitf on
the subject: ;•-
"My position on this matter," I
feel, reflects- that of the vast
maiorit> of Freeport residents
'and the majority view on the
Vaiage Boarf. That position is
that this Village has done more
than its share in correcting.the
social ills of Long Island. We
were pioneers in the area of low-income
housing with, the con­struction
of the Moxie Rigby
Apartments, the first such
. complex on Long Island: "With the
:recent completion "of the lafierty
Park Apartments, Freepcai has
njore public housing units.than
any otter village in the State and
construction of the. senior citizen
apartments on -North Mala
Street, to complement the
apartments already existing on
South .Main Street,.win be^ri
shortly, • ' "t'-"
"Aside from providing decent,
low-cost housing for ' our' less
altluej^ neighbors, -we' have:
sou^t K) be of assistance m other
ways. Freeport was the first
village in the State to have a
Human Relations Commission.
We welcomed the Nassau (bounty
Health Center to, the'Village as
well as the Freeport Ckwperative
Service Center which, while
. (Continued on Page 3) -
FREEPORT — As THE
LEADEHl went to press Tuesday
night, we were informed that_
Nassau Downs, in Announcing the'
opening of theu" new Hyde Park
branch, has stated that they are
"considering a potential site"- in
Freeport. TTie location they are
looking at is the site of the Betyar
C^rda Hungarian Restaurant,
'West Sunrise Highway, just west.
of Church St. - ;
Several months ago, in a series
of articles printed in" THE
LEADER, two of the five Village
trustees expressed some interest
in Nassau Downs locating in
"Freeport. For some time, the .
village's (3iamber of Commerce
has been in favor of 0TB locating ;
in Freeport. Interviews 'con^
ducted by two LEADER
reporters pro-^ed that the.
majority of Village'residents
would not :be opposed to. the
" opexmg of a I^assau Downis here..
Otlttf sites Nassau Downs" is
considering are in Wantagh, Glen
Cove, Garden City Park and
Woodmere. The New Hyde Park
"ora iefnnfn dicFo evOa arcmtiieosai nn gstihdpdeareeil.res ,e nFetrlleayvi keunlintnhd Serq-wwuaiatyhre
IT'S GIRL SCOUT WEEK throughout the country and in Freeport
a special green flag flies over Village Hall to commemorate the week.
Shown at'the hoisting ceremonies are (l.-f.) Freeport Police Officer .
William Hastings, Troop Services Chairwoman Rosemary Mitthaucr,
Village Trustee Dorothy Storm who serves as Community Associa­tion
Chairwoman'. Junior Scout Robin Snipas of Troop 2173, Cadet
Stephanie Justice of Troop 2061. Senior Scout Diana Combs of
Troop 2543 arid Police Officer Roosevelt Hendricks. The Freeport
Girl Scouts participated this week'in an exhibttioh of colonial arts
and crafts art Sunrise Mall. {se« speciatLEAOER-ccnterftrtd).