The-Leader_1979-10-18

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FREiPORT
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ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
THE LEADER FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR No. 25 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. OCTOBER J8. 1979 ' PRICE 20* PER COPY
Apt. Tenanfs Ask Board For Help
Seek Renf Control, Cife
Increases Of Up To 35%
FREEPORT - Recommendations on the adoption of a villaRc rent
control law will be heard at the Village Board of Trustees weekly open
voting session Monday night. October 22. Mayor William While, at the
Board's October I5th meeting, promised a room cn>wded with Free-port
apartment house tenants that he would hold open that evening's
weeklv board session to w ait for a
recommendation from the vil­lage's
Landlord-Tenant Commit­tee
which is scheduled to also
meet at 7:J0 pm that Monday
night.
More than a month ago. White
asked the Landlord-Tenant
Committee to make its recom­mendations
on the oaestlon o(
^- rent control-for the-village; T^'e
—-thtecJandlord rocmbcrs_t)f the, six
person group were asked to
discuss rent increases with other
Frccport apartment house owners
and bring in a report at this
meeting.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: THE
LEADER has received many- com-plaitits
— letters, aiidphonc calls"
— the last three-four months
citing rent increases as high as
35% on a one year base. Michael
Kirwan. coordinator of the Land­lord-
Tenant Council, has also
stated that he has received many
letters and calls from concerned
tenants.)
Listening to the complaints of
high increases voiced by the
tenants present. White explained
that the Board of Trustees had
become aware of the problem
several months before, which
prompted him to ask Kinvan's
committee to study it. White
explained that if the Landlord-
"Tenant. Commlltcc .d\d recom­mend
a vUIa^^rchtcbhiroT'taw.
-he wViild suggest to thcJJoard «)f
Irustees. at; the Monday night
meeting, that they direct village
counsel to prepare for a public
hearing. Such a hearing is legally
required before a rent control law
can be passed. A notice of the
public hearing_ mu^ then be
legally advertised. '"
New Tenants
Group Formed
The first speaker for the
tenants was Leonard Goldstein.
100 South Ocean Avenue, who
told the trustees he represented
the Concerned Tenants of Free-
(Cent, on Pago 16)
Proposed Shopping Area To Include
Theatre, Fast Food, Bank, Shops
FREEPORT - Plans for the development of property on the south
side of West Merrick Road, cast of South Long Beach Avenue, were,
presented to the Village's Planning Board at their last regular meeting
October 9. The present site of the Frccport Elks Club, the land was
recently purchased by Morris Sussman and George Bellcsis. who
onder a corporate name also own' •'•- -- -.i--—^-. _-—-;:
land to be developed commercial- different prospective builder
~ly at Atlantic ancV South Main asked the village board to revise-
Street. Bellesis is also the'devei- ~its housing assistance plan.
opcr of the new shopping center_ Thepresenily4>roposed plan by
'On Atlantk and South Occaii' Bellesis-and Shaw Is shown '
PROPOSED FOR THE SPTE of th« present Freeport Elks Oub is the above development of stores, a
bank, a MtDohaid's and a nwvie theatre,The new owners of the property. George Bellesis and Morris
Sussman. have requested that the property's zoning be changed from Business AA to Business B. The
:/d*ireloper's attorney, Gerald Halpem. pointed out to the village's Planning Board that a change In
.zbhejwould.tw mora consistent to the remainder of Merrick ftood east to Henry Street. -
' SofBird Appriaves New^one F&tNiarirte Apfs.
FREEPOBT -.In a ifnttifmnoi
ded^oo. the Fxe^KXt Village:
Board of Tmstees-.bas voted to~
establish a aev^liazTne Aput'
ment Zone. At tfacir tegular wedi-ly
open voting sesaon lAaadaj
m^tU October 15.'^ the tnistees
also approved the. rezoning to
Marine Apartment of a parcel ct
land in the waterfront area. •
• • The board had originally held a
: Outc part pnbBc bearing oo "both
the establishment of the 2one and
the lezobing on Septefld>er • 17.
bpt bad resmed ded^oo at that
titne. Applkatioa for a tezomng.
of tbe pared of land bad come
from T.E,D. CoostnicdoQ. Comp­any
and White C ^ Realty, whose
prindpal Ted Gaeta K also owner
of Tbe Sdsooner. a restaorant on
Wooddeft'Avennc: " - '
' The property owned by T.E.D-and
rezoned from Residence A to
Marine Apartmeatifpn tbe.sobtli
side of Manhattan Street between
Sotitfa anil'MHIer Aveoaesv'to
Ricbmpnd Street. Tbe appficition
caDed for coostmctiba of' two,
foor-stoty apartment booses,
caeb with 75 one-bedroom units
• . s > (Coot, on Page 16) •
^venues. .
Usually informed sources have
told THE LEADER that the
purchase price was somewhere
between S3S0.000 and S400.000
and that the sale contract has an'
option that would nullify it if the
property did not receive a change
Inzoniog. - •, •"". -
~ Present zoning is Basbiess A A
and the devdopera are asking for
a duoge to Business B. Tbe latter
. would alkm general retail such as
a iiank. stores, restaurants and
theatres. Business AA only allows
usage, for banks, offtce buildings/
non-profit organizations . and
apartment houses.
A prcprious plan to develop the
Elks Oub land for senior citizen
housing was turned down by the
Board of Trustees this past
Auguy, v<rhen ti>e Elks Oub fP^ a
at left, as presented to the
Planning Board.. It details a
McDonald's fast-fodd restaurant -
on the northeast comer of the,
plot. A Iwo-stoty bank building
would be constructed on-the-northwest
side. (EDITOR'S
. NOTE: Ndther confinned or tin-omlinned.
since fir;st printed by
THE LEADER several weeks ago.
.is the iofonnatioo from sevml
sources that the bank jwould be
the-^Nalionaf Bank' pf North
America whicfa would move from
iu Freeport Plaza West site.) The
builder would bc»e to construct a
mini-duplex movie theatre on the
soyibWest side of the property,
althouj^ no firm committment
appears to have been rc^dved.
Retail stores would occupy two
different blocks of space. Accord-
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