The-Leader_1977-01-20

              FREEPORT
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41st YEAR No. 39 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JANUARY 20.1977 PRICE 15« PER COPY
vilfage Election FIve^Noih'VlHage Realtors^
Candldafes Set
FREEPORT - With a Village
election two months away, - and
foiir positions to be slated for
the ballof, _the Frecport political
arena has begun to 6im up^
- For the first time in the tdstoiy
of the" Village, the i^reeport
' Republican Party wiU run a slate
of candidates,, and it wUl indude
one Democrat.
The local-Village Party, withU
four to one edge on the-present
Board of TrosteesV has scheduled
a meeting for Jiext week at'whlch
-.time thdr 'slate; as proposed by
their non±uting committee, .will
be read and voted upon.. .-.
A aindidatebas come forth and
Gutify Of Charges
FREEPORT • Secretary of State Mario Cuomo's office released word"
this week that legal proceedings against five area real estate firms have
resulted in punitive measure on findings of radal steering or other
discriminaBly practices in the selling of homes- in Freeport. .The
Secretary's Division of licensing Services is the policing agency of the.
real estate profession and has
OPERA RETURNSTd FREEPORT. The Now York City Optra TYwater
will again perform in Freeport,' under the sponsorship of the Freeport
Arts Council. th<^r production d '.The BarWplSeville.V in EnglUh.
19 echeifuled fb^^^u^Jay^J«noMy'29; 8:30 pn». In the auditorium of. j^ut*^ htr,i^ir «..if.ina *«. >»
Freeport Hrgh SclUwl, Tickets, a t i4 ^ . aJ^VtiiravalJrtle.Wd3pay:--;J«J^ *J?^
-be'puithdBM'ByTriatlTi^-t>fe't^po5 Art* Cou^^ Bo?;97,-' DemOCTatid.Plirty's^Qmination,.
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• FRHRPORT • TBe.first of the WlegaHy irquired public hearings
. dealing with tile Village's thffd year tmder Community Development.
funds was not as beavQy -attended as^in the meyionsjtwo yeus._.Free:__
-port, Hke the rest of the:No*theasf,'was in.une throes of abittef add
wave, last Monday idght,.and snow and ice still made driving and walk­ing
hazardous^ .-'• \ ' - , ';• - - - :
the-RetaO Division's'pleasure",
of the wt«k that has alrea^ been
done, asked when P h ^ Two of •
thie jaxfcing program — the cx-panskm
of^paridng field 12 •^-'
would be done.-"We really need
those 200 spaces." Green said,
es^ilaining that Sooth Mahi Street''
merchattts have had a problem '
with parking and when the. Mali
becomes an actuality, and 60
inore spaces are removed firom
South-Main Street, "we will ha\-e.
a bigger problem...It b almost
Impossible to attract better stores
into town," Green continued-
• : Green, and several other
speakers, asked' for the acquisi­tion
of Heritage House, on East
Merrick Road, and ti:e car
washing and check cashing estab­lishments
on Newton Boolevard
for use as parking fields. "We
don't know wliere you would get
the money," said Green to the
Village Board, "but we.need
those spaces.
Mayor William White som-nurized
his interpretation of
Green's remarks by stating,
"What yoa are saying is we'd
better allocate funds from year
. four?" .
Warren Samet, owner of
Samet's on Sooth Main Street,,
told the Board Out the mer-idunts
"were onintrTiticnally
misled when we were told that tte
parting spaces lost by the Mall
(Cor.l.onPagel6)
•for-Mayor jiuid there .ire" already
two • hats ••. In .the ring for
ViUage Justice. :
VniagB Party Nominees
'The Administra^ve Councfl
. ofthe Vniage Party met last Fri--
day night at the American L e g^
^HaQ and accepted -the report
of tiieir nominating committee to
run Mkyor WilBam White for
r^^dedioo for another four year
_ieiii for _the. 47,000„» year parti.
'Those who came and who sjpoke
hadsevenil recommendations for, -
use of the $1,339 millian that the .
.Village is slated to recdve, in
-1977, -under -the Community '
Development Act's five year;
fiindingpian. •
• ' Jack.Hdly, a xendent of Con-'
necticot Avense, speaking for the
Freeport Arts CotmcO, brought a
model and cdored sHdes of a pFO-
^posal to boHd bootiqae-like
stores and a sinaU. professional
theatre on the "Saltaire" pro­perty.
The property, soutiiof
Richmond beliveeii Miller and
Oca^an Avenues, needs develoip-ment.
HbUy said, to make it
usefiil to Freeport and bring
people into the area and the vil­lage.
The theatre would be used
by local theatre groups, as weO
.^ as professionals, wtnld have a
bandsheO arrangement on its rear
side and would i>e called The
Freeport lights Theatre^ to re­vive
the nostalgia of the days
when vandeviHe and vaudevil-
OxBS were an important part cf
Frecport's history. The shops,
HdOjsald, would havOnairtiral
theme.
MccePaiiiia
A plea for more parking spaces
in the. Central Business District
came &om several speakers who
were cither merchants in tiie
area represented the Chamber of
Commerce or the Retail Di\-isJon.
Walter Green, while expressing
time post. Dorotiiy Storm was
recommended for re-electicm as
Village Trustee. The nomihating^
committee also broo^ foirth
the [name of Alfiped Slriin, of
Idaryland Aveime, to nm for the
otiier - Trastee spot. Present-
Village Trustee Ralph Franco was
narrrd to ran for Village Justice,
-a seat .now occupied oy Edwin
Freedman.
vniage Party members wiD
also have .Freednuui!s, name
on thdr. baQots. January 27.
when they vole on the nomina­tions.
The present Village Justice
has requested that his name be
placed in iKnntnation.
Charles Mahoney, president
of the Village Party, called the
nominations • "a coalition agree­ment."
Siriin is not a member of
the vniage Party, he explained.
"He .came from the Repub­licans."
Siriin, a 20 year resident
of the vniage, is a bu^essman
and former President of Congre­gation
B'nai Israel.
. GOPCItootes
A cancns of Freeport Repub-
. Qcan comitteemen met at Salty
Bay Yadil Qob this past Tuesday
night. White's name was put in
iwmination by Tom LoveHdge
and secxmded by Ray Malone.
-There wercso other nominations
and the Mayor was chosen
as tlie GOP standard-bearer,
lioyd Orr, who has stated several
times within the past few months
tiiat i:e woold be a raTi>«T4^t>.
(Cint. on Page 16)
the power to suspend or revoke
licenses wheii the holder, is in -
violation of the State's Real Pro­perty
Law.
• Found to be In violation were
Dorothy Forman Enterprises.
492 Metrick,: Road. Rockville
Centre; Silveriake Assodates,
884^McrrJck Road; Baldwin;,
David Pike Asstx^ates, 650 Mer­rick
' Road,' Baldwin;' Sundale
>Realty; 'Inc.,' 580 Sunrise Hlrf{-_^
way,' BiJdwinr"and Claire SoSel"'
Xssdaatcs Inc.,: 12 Merrick Ave*;.
nue, Merrick." V
Cuomo's actions were the bcr
ginning of the end of a story that'
THE LEADER has been quietly
covering for more tiian a year,:
IfwBei^nDlng
The story started about « year
ago when officers of The Free-
' port Association and . Majror
. Wiffiam White met with Secretary
of_SUte Qioino _ in KQaecJa.
Cuomo listened to theniand lo~
their reports of compliints of
radal steering in Freeport. by
real estate fin^ and then sent his
lead attorney here. The attorney
met with interested dtizens,
many of whom were members of
the Freeport Association,: and
Mkhael iOrwan, Commissioner
of Human Relations for the
Village of Freeport, and helped
them set up a testing program.
The prospective testers were
told how to go about testing,
what to look for and what state­ments
they could and could.not
make. .
Many weekends followed,
during which .-times, black and
white ihen and women, residents
of Freeport. gave up their time to
visit area real - estate agencies.
Sometimes,, THE. LEADER -has
learnedtfaey went ashusbimd and
wife^— and really..were mar-.
•WdloeacK "otJiCT; Othertimes,
wWIeloiie member~ of; a family
stayed home io batiysii, a spotise
linked op with another Free-porter
to masquerade as a mar­ried
coiiple. Still others became
adept at creating different famUy
situations. -
In three of the cases, investi­gators
from the Department of
Stste also tested the agendes
following.the residents' investi­gations.
"'The rhearingr."—held-—July-through
August of. last year, re­sulted
in a suspension of broker's
Ucenses for two months or S250
fine for discrimatofy remarks by
Rockyille Centre broker Dorothy
. Forman and a reprimand of a
salesperson in that firm for the
same cause. Forman. it was
pohited out in the drdsion by
Cuomo's office, has been a real
estate broker in the Freeport
(Cont.onPage9)
RETURNED FOR CELEBRATION. Many of the sitters wtw taught at.
Our Holy Redeemer School returned for the Mass of TlankagMng held
SurxJay, January 9, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the parish.
Some of the alstera attending the reception after the Mass In the school
were (1. to r.) Sister Assumpta, Sbter George Ella, Sister Irene Garvey
(Superior General of the Amltyvllle Dominicans), SJster Imelda and
Sister Rosalie.