The-Leader_1979-03-22

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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
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LEADER FREEPORT'S
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43rd YEAR. No. 47 REEPORT. NEW YORK, MARCH 22.1979 PRICE 20* PER COPY
Clark & Pefernana Landslide
Wateiy Problems In
South Freepoft
Discussed Monday
With spring just
2 New Trustees Take
Office April 2nd
FREEPORT
at the public meeting of the
Village Board of Trustees Mon­day
night, March 19, still seemed
to be "soggy" ones. A local real
estate broker. compIain6d that
houses south'bf Atlantic Avenue
were flnding it difficult to secure
FHA approval, and a Norton
-Street ic&idcui spoke of water iir
area streets and conditions in
A TRIBUTETO A FALLEN COMRADE. In sp«dal owwnoniM, h*kl yards.
Sunday. March 11, th* mwnbers of the Fraeport Fir» Oepartmftnt The realtor, Sid Ucberman,
- dedlcatad «fneroorial to the lata ftrsflghter Jerry P. Cotlgnola. The called the situation with the FHA
m'ernwlat had^beancTMtad by the Ilrarnan of Engirte Company, who r "horrendous" for both real esute
had fougtit side by aide with the young Friseporter un^lhiadaatH In a . btukerir. and t o ^ homcowiters.
fire on the Fraaport.'Mitfi Tft'January, "19781 Flanking .the^inemoriair As.'UeMVmH'desc^bcd U; the
ciBse,wh^;hss been instaiiecl In the vestibule ol-Vlllage Hall, ara
membefi of - the^ cbmm'lttae (I, -.to • r.): - Richard Cantwell: - Charlie
^^^icdardolll: John Provenzano. ex-Captain of. Engine Company;
-— ^Captain Tony MInel of Engine Company; Freepbrt Fire Oepartment
(^htef Spike Monestere; ex-Chief John Horton; ex-CaptaIn Larry Minel
of Englfw Company; and Fidel Balan.^. ^•-(Photo tjy Jerry Garf)
FREEPORT - The Village Party/GOP coalition succeeded In ousting
the lone Democrat from the Village Bt)ard Tuesday night. March 20.
*nHUiduthcj3}rneri:and^_weeJt^of_ when Jim Park and Timothy Pctcrnana — in their first try for elected
dear skies predicted, comtncnts ^isiti.m — fianaily dcrcalcinvKrDcmocrats-and-three independent
canCdildarakt,e st.h e top vote-getter, had
an official tally of 3,120 votes on
the tVi-o lines. His running mate,
Peteroana. had 2.986 votes.
Both candidates pulled more
votes than the totals puOed by the
-top-ranking DcmoCTat'
for mayor in 1977, vtenx to the
GOP/VUlage Patty headquarters .
to congratulate the winners.
Utcr he told THE LEADER.
"I hope that during Mr. Clark
and Mr. Petertuna's term of
Irkeep-ihe-beat-
FreepoVt Elks Club May Become
Stte 6f Senior Citizen House
FREEPORT - The more than half-centiity old Frecpott. Elks aub_
rai^tbe torn down and the spacious,'more than three acres used for
senior citizen housing, if the Federal govenunent £ves a eoHihead nod
to two developers. Related Housing, of New York Qty, and Long Island ~
Acres have entered into a contract with the Freeport tnv$ subject to
approval of their proposal by . •
Hup. _ _^ • • $12.000 and would be 62 years or
Tbe bunders' plan calls for 128 ovefT"' ' ^--. ^^.^--.
garden apartments on tlte West
Merrick Road property, which
years ago was the scene of niany
local weddings and stiD is used t^
organizations for such foncfions
as the large pre-election mrktail
party held this past Sunday.
March 18, by the ViDagc Party/
Reptiblican Party.
FHA" claimed they were rejecting
the houses because the high
amount of rain within the past
three years has resulted in a
higher water table for the area
and conditions such as water in—
basements and dampness In
homes.
But. said Ueberman, even
after the homeowners, who have
buyers for their property, spend
money to remedy the situation,
the FHA inspectors "come up
with different reason."
"1 don't know if it's . red
lining." the broker told the Board
of Trustees. "I don't know if it's "
-harassment^ pfjh.?.
C.James Clark Timothy Petemana
The Elks property Is presently
on-the tax rolls, and the develop­ers-
would continue to pay foil
taxes for the senior;..oolts. Pre-
~sently, tkxes on the property are
approximately S40,000 annually,
of which about S12,500 are in
village taxes. New construction
on the site would' generate a
HUD, according to David "higher"valuation, but the amount
J¥ine,.of_RdL||teJ Housing views would depend on many factors
pt«r>« 'j[nm several '~devtiopets ~ inrinding the type of constiuctisn
-whoareaeteally-conq)eting" for—materials tobe used r— -—^
(Cont.onPage12)
Beware Of
Phonqr-**Assessor^'
FREEPORT - Wlagc Human
Relations Director - Michael
Kirwjl!Ui-warniDg_rcsidents that
a man, claiming to be represent­ing
the Nassau Countv Assessor's
office."Is making glut to varvnis
the go-ahead to pot op tfaetr
' uioposaL The federal guvcinoent
a interested in sedng a certaio
mnnber of seidar citizen honsing '•
* luits coostnicted oo Loog Island.
and Inreepoct h jost one poaAfe^
IbcaEty. Wine explained. Tree-.
pott preseotiy bas*2S0miU in;
^senior citotn JxMsiiig, ia two
areas " ooe cQ Nocih Main and
. aaodier 4a seidor dtizeat wfaeiw
pcdent hooriag kvinbdifized
under Secfioo ^ht«~a federal
^AtcorSag to-.^ie devekper,
at ira.seTenl taoo-taal
mats of assttted
Wfate also told THE LEADER
tlut some word font HUD was
anticipated for April. The federal
Mgeatj .cootactx tiie village '
government, lie said, and soBdts
titdr opinion and that of the
mrnmnnlty'a to see "if they wast
fhehoodig."
Village pob& . infbmiatiott
officer Jean Peters ouufitiued that,
tbe Village had jcceired word
from HUD and that Miqror;
ymSMJU Wlnte had asked for'
jt<wnint ndatioos" 6om Grace
MtPawwWi af the—Fraafart
areas of the-Villas
the nun tells
someone Will be visiting them
shortly to assess their property^
It is also reported that be claims:
that, when the County finishes
its reassessmenu, the ViUage 6t
Freepoit win be (tissolved with
portions going to Baldwin. Roose*
.velt and Merrick.^
. "This has all the earmarks; at
il]egil~ block busting," • Kirwan
points aut^, "The County has nd
such person under its eaploy.
The dtssolyement of the Vjllage"
Wayne Jordan; tbe top Independ- -
ent Patty vote-getter, Ellen
Extract: and Doua Moran.
Tuesday night's official Ully
gave Clark 3,120 votes; i»eter-nana,
2.986; Jordan, 1,782
Jeny Gerstman.. the second
Democrat, 1,399; Extract, 638;
Extract's running mate, Roger
brokers; I Marks, 434; and Moran; 203.
(THE LEADER irtn^rint official "
election district breakdowns in
next week's issue.)
Jubilant Village Party and-
Republican Party workers and
> friends jammed storefront head-ouarters,
Tuesday night, as the
rigures were brou^t in and
added up. A happy Kay Malone,
Freeport Republican leader,
told the crowd, "You and you
alone elected the two trustees were
to .-the village, of ; Freeport...V_^ ^^^^
of Freiepott upper-their
dectsioo-maklo^.
interests
most In
"It has been an honor for me,"^
Jordan said, "to serve on the
Board of Trustees these past four
years and I look back with pride
and satisfaction at the accom­plishments
and contributions I've
made to the village. I intend to
tem«in^_ active fn community
affairs and look fwward to
following veiy closely the future
activities of the Village Board
ofTrustees."
Jordan was accompanied to
Oark and Petcmana's campaign
headquarters by his running
mate, Jerry Gerstman. "The one
thing I want to renUnd Cark
and Petemana," Getstman said,
^'is-that they ran dairaing they
independent and I hope
demonstrate the :kind -of;
ge. RcpoTtedlyr- ^ y - ^ * ! - " ? ' ^ - "!f *?»»»»•—tedcpendence they-were-prose
residents that T?*" he introduce4 the two lytiifcg." Gerstman also salt
.Ibnr-hsve put
Mllllg IB
fbe. ntetnpoGtaa axea^ Related
H^TSJyg recenUy received an
arehxtectonl award for
Doaaec f^
aod.'Jaaes
-Ditectnr. it:
Coiiiinunit);'DetelopBieaf. These
ictumnifiiditiiwa wocld diea go.
to tbenUage Board of Tnistees,
Ti.T...T.n.-i,-^- J' tiie'orooettT is sold to
uiilU thci umirruitrd In H>»^- Belated Hoosmg. Wbe said, his .
straw. Flew York- ' conwaay baa aireaay sgfeed.lo:
Under HUD gnid^nes. rea- . Jet ffie Elks remove artifocti and
^dcnls of the Tederally approved memorabilia from the interior of
senior prt^ect must have a J?*^?'*'*^* •>«*°« ^ ^ * = ^ .
fn«iiiiiiini yfmml mCOme of BSnCu.
IS.not being contemplated
; any level of government.*'.'' . \.
r-Kirwan -urges -ril residents
receiving sooi calls to-'try- (d
Solicit a phone number where the
man can be reached and then can
the. village's Human Relations
Office at FR.S.4000. As ra aU
victors in — as someone caUed
out T-alphabetical order .-
. Jim Clark, a local businessman
for the past 26 years,-ccfaoed,-
"You DMple did it." as be re­minded
evetrooe tiiist ''I said
I believe b Freeport...that it b
a good plaoe...With yiMr. help,
| e ^ keep Freeport going and.
raise Its image." - - ' • .
Tim Petemana. tbe miaister
-at the First JYebjrteriaa Onrdi
of Freeport, was introduced by-
•Jiblnw^ I if the "nrrvrmf «••
cases, no one clamung to repK-sect
a governmental agency
should be'allowed into 9 ixNtse
without-first presenting official
id<mtiricMioa, --—'^-^ "--*- - „ ' .
Adate." To much laa^iter,',
Fetenuna said, with a aaiiei'
-"I' sever bad any doubts..'J r
do hope," be added, "(bat wel
win never shake jronr coaSdeace^
as many times as we have shaken'
your hands' during this
-v. JMdeaLwMaScar
sakl
he would remain active, "watch-
•dogging" aiuJ visiting all parts
oftbevUlage.
~~ CM Idcaa Acroas ~
Independent Party candidates
ESen Extract and Roger Mark*
wished Oarfc and Petemana' tbe
"very best othuk." Extract said,
"They have woo tbe opportui^
to cofitrol the. future of
viUage. That's a mooumeatal
fespoosftility and we are tan
they wtO view it with the serious^
ll laimllilii' II will liU
«'total cociiiwinity efbct." she
stated, "with aU people ooopera-tiig
for thefr Jobs to be done n c -
oeufiilly, and those are the end
results, that iia« would like to see -
asweO."-- l';.
. Extract noted that she and her
rrutmlngmate bad worked bard.
, ^*'l^^ ^ sible." she sake "Winter good
Incumbent trurtee Wayne »bout what we accompllsbed...
Jordan, who served four years
-oo •the-:e<Wid'.i6d. lo4f .hJi hid . -A tCon»i9aPagnl2), . .