The-Leader_1978-11-02

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43rdYEAR,No.27 1?
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 2.1978 PRICE 20* PER COPY
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Baldwin Realtor's Zon/ng Change Soughi For
THE FISH THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY paid handsome dividends for
the Woodward Mental Health Center of Freepprt. (second from I.),
Frank Delman chairman of the FreeportTuna Club's Fishing Festi­val,
turns over, a check to Woodward's Executive^irector.Qertrijde
Berman. The chfeckTepresenletf the'proceeds fromlhja sale of fish. .
including JherecQnd-^r8aking-5B5-paunct,rnak6 shark, caught at the
club's fourth annual Fishing outing. Attending the presentation were
also Dr. Samuel Klein (I.), Freeport Ttina Club president, and James
J. Lederer (r.), Woodward president andboard chairman.-
Village Budget Sessions Begin
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FREEPORT ' The first in this year's series of the "village Board of
Trustees' budget workshop sessions; open to the public, will be held
Saturday. November 4, 9 am. in the Board.of Trustees room at. Village
Hall. Last year. 14 sessions were held; at this tinie only two have been
announced, but THE LEADER will prjnt the complete schedule as it
becomes available. The. second
meeting wni take place Thursday,
November 9; 7 pm,- at Village
Hall.
Ail discussions' pertaining to
the preparation of the -1979-80
village budget will be opien to the
public. These' sessions wfll In­volve
the village Board • of
Trustees, the callage, treasurer
^6 ' indivivdual •' , department
heads. Public participation wiU
• police station. .
According to "New -York State
law. the Mayor's office, is
empowered with the sole, re­sponsibility
for the preparation-bf
the municipal budget.' Prior to its
adoption by the trustees, the final
budget is "subject to a -public
:hearing iii January, at which time
questions and public comment
will be allowed; Complete', line by
not be allowed during workshop Tine copies of the budget are
sessions.-Those attending-should ., usually available about one week
enter village hall through the before the "public meetings -
Flamenco Guitarist To Perform Here
License Revoked
For Steering
NEW YORK CITY - A Baldwin
real estate broker and one of his
salespersons have had their
licenses revoked for racial steer­ing.
New York Secretary of State
Mario Cuomo, took the legal
action following hearings during
which black and white members
of the Baldwin Oaks Civic Associ­ation
testified to incidents of
racial steering by employees of
Krander Realty. 1875 Grand
Avenue in Baldwin.
The broker, Bennett Josephs,
and Helen Blumer; a sales­person
with the firm, were the
two giyeii thfe department's most
severe penalties. Three other
salespersons -ryi Kowe. Susan ,
.Beaudette'and Linda'Davis —:
have had their licenses suspend­ed
for a period of three months.
In commenting on the decision,
Cuomo" said "In today's society,
rampant racial steering-is_ulti­mately
as damaging to com­munities
as any other untrust­worthy
practice' that a broker
could conceivably, engage in.
Such a policy clearly-jKarrants
the stiffest penalty we are em­powered
to impose."
the Ciyic association, consist­ing
of homeowners in an inte­grated
community at. the north
end of Baldwirt. sent at least four
groups of "testers" to Kranzler
over a six-week period to try to
determine" if the firm was en-'
gaged in steering. .
All four of the groups referred
. to in the hearing decision as^^ to
" see allTbrick ranch homes — a
type common in; Baldwin Oaks.
Three of the groups specified, in
addhion,, that they would like to
Tive : near the .-Southeni State
Parkway. which*borders Baldwin
t;Oaks;- -^ •."- . -.V^ ~
..•'According to.the hearing de-
.-cisibnr two jgroups of white
Site Near Nautical Mile
FREEPORT - The village's Planning Board has received a request
for a change of zoning for a 4.4 acre site in the south end of Freeport.
just off the Nautical Mile. The applicant T.E.D. Construction Co.. Inc.
is requesting the change from Residence "A" Zone to Apartment Zone
in order to build an apartment house on the empty piece of property. -
The lot in question is bounded
on the south by Richmond Street;
on the north by Manhattan Street;
on the east by South Ocean
Avenue; and on the west by
Miller Avenue.
Tlie filed plans, drawn up by.
the New York City architectural
firm of Herbert Fleischer Associ­ates,
shows 175 units. All would
have only one bedroom. The
apartments would rent, according
to T.E.D. Construction's attorney
in the zoning matter, Julius
Mintz. for $350-375 each. ; . ' ~
On.its tiprtheriy "and 'westerly
sides, the plot of land surround
with "A" Resideiice zoning; oh
its southerly and easterly sides,
the zoning if the surroundinf land
is industrial. .
The unimproved piece of
property is presently assessed at
S6J,440 which would bring into
the village treasury (at the
current S10.7I tajL-cate) approzi--
mately S658 annually.
The plan also calls for parking
for 266 cars.
TedGaeta, of T.E.D. Construc­tion,
who is'also owner of The
Schooner Restaurant, pointed out
to THE LEADER that one bed­room
apartments do not usually
generate an increase in the school
census. 1 think, he'said, that the
proposal is "a good thing for the
people and for the community."
'' Gaeta also owns sorne property
south ofRichmond Street which
he • is presently having bulk-headed.
He mentioned that 1ie
has considered the site an excel­lent
one for a 150 unit
hotel/motel.
The village Planning Board
meets the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month in Village
Hall. While zoning variances are '
-decided by the Zoning Board of
Appeals, applications to change
zoning are heard by the Village
Board of Tniste.^s.
Israel Bond Drive
Honors Local Couple
FREEPORT - A State of Israel
Bond Drive, sponsored by.Con­gregation
B'nai Israel and'the
Freeport-Roosevelt Chapter of
Hadassah, will be held lliursday.
evening, November 9, at Temple
B'nai Israel. 91 North Bavyiew
Avenue. Bernard and ftances
. Ames., will be the guests of honor.
The reception will, .begin
7:30 pnn Gaire Gould arid-Harris
Rnsky are co-chairpersons for
•arrangements on befalf of Con­gregation
B'nal Israel, and
Seymour
iTiaster of
FREEPORT - Ronald^ Radford,
a protege of Carlos Montpya. will
be in residence in Freeport" for
ten days starting November 3.
The Oklahoma-born Flamenco
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Stale Department as a yisitiftg.'
artbt in Mexico, Guatemala,
Panama iand other Latin Ameri-
'can countries. Radford has also.-
performed at Cam^^-Recital
testers were'• steered away from':: "^Gladys Kalban. president of Fyee-guitarist.-^
Bvjp"; gfve informal '- Hall and.Washingtonjs^Kinnedy
i^'performant^TTn lhe"Vl5reeport Center. Oscar Ghiglbu one of the.
•J Schools and to other locygroups V worli's foremost clas^^ical guitar-
•during hisstay, ailmiiiating witlfj,;iite$?Sisaid of Radford, "It is^
V5 public., perfoiroaiice'';at' •the~';'r«fe;"ivcn^ to have dic,
r^'Bayview. Avenne' School SaWr-' gift to kad one into the somber,
^v'<l*w; Novcinber II. at gi30^m; - nnforgeltable worid of sounds of
•ii^cT tlji,performance. there-\&fll -.^he Rei Flameifco aindjret he. air-ri.
be aTcoratjon for Radfo^ and.tbe. >-4Mahonian.~ is among -the few
' TFreepoif^Aiits Pjnndh"Frientfc*'_c; wlfo have given me this artistic
Cat the homerof.Jim and Judy'
Ehrenfeld. . ^ ' '.
. ' Rad^ird, a'^Fulbright Scholar,
. spidied with the Flimenco guitar
masters of Spain and immersed^
•> himself in ^ e music and Hfe
style "of ihe'Spanish gypsies. His
performanoes haveevoked stand-.
- ing ovations on four continents
. • and he has represented the U.S.
experience.
Tickets to the performance cost>
S2 for adults and SI for senior
cjtiienr. and children. For in­formation
OD the reception/and
other programs call 223-2522; '
This program was made
possible with funds from the NY
State Council on the Arts and
Affiliate Artists Inc.
Baldwin' Oaks while a pair, of
blade.testers was shown several
housed in the community. A white
woman who later showed up with
abla(^ man she identified as her
huisband *'was ' initially steered/
away froni Baldwin. Oaks 'by
beinr'told.. "Yes., it's Balden.;
but it's integrated—The hom^
are small • and it's . Uniondale^
School - District.". •Then'^cwis
directdd to that ' coinnninity.
'When she -asked-, salesperson
•Blniner why, shehad'hot been
•referred to Baldwin Oaks earlier,
"Blumer Vesponded (according to
' the ded^n) that those homes are
-sold quickly so they don't get put
into the computer."
The hearing decision also
makes dear Jhat houses'in pre:
dominantly white areas, originair
. ly indicated by Blumer as avail­able
to( Cbthnet. own oPmagaen ,1 6)b ecame
. port-Roostfvelt Hadassah, is the
chairpcrsonfor airahgcments on
behalf of Hadassah.
Gross will act as the
ceremonies.
The guest speaker at the event
. will be Dr. Izhak Ben-Meir, who
is .on. the staff of the Foreign
Ministry of the State of Israel.
Bernard Ames is president of
Columbian . Bronze Corporation
and vice-chairman of Walter
Kidde & Co., both of Freeport.
Hi has been active in both y
community and Jewish affairs;
Currently, Ames is the^Aainnan
of the Freeport Economic Devel-ojuncnt
Commisoru He was cbajr-
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Frances ft. Bernard Amea