Observer_1984-10-24; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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V O L . 3 2 N O . 49 Wednesday, O c t o b e r 24,1984 2 5 c P E R C O PY
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Philips Plaza Construction Begins
LYNBROOK HONORED FOR PEDESTRIAN PRO-GRAM.
Mayor William P. Geier presents the 1983 Auto-mobile
Club Special Citation for Outstanding Pedestrian
Program Activities to Lynbrook Police Chief Frank Kehr at
the Village Board Meeting of October 15th. Lynbrook was
awarded the citation by New York State Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles John A. Passidomo at a ceremony on Sep-tember
19th in Westchester.
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W i t h the opening of Phil-ips
Plaza in the Spring of
1985, Lynbrook USA will
become the home of a var-iety
of high fashion bou-tiques
for both men and
women, gourmet food, gift
and other specialty shops.
A c c o r d i n g to Lynbrook
Mayor W i l l i am P. Geier, the
new shopping center is being
developed by Philips Inter-national
at an estimated cost
of $5 million. "The new
plaza will make this long
abandoned property a pro-ductive
piece of real estate
for our community while
providing additional jobs
and shopping availibility to
our residents," said Mayor
Geier.
The plaza will be con-structed
of substantial long
l a s t i ng maintenance free
white concrete block on a
steel structure. It will have
excellent egress from both
directions of the highway
and will have 133 on grade
parking spaces for shoppers
and an additional 44 private
underground parking spaces
for the boutique owners.
The developer of the
property, Philip Pilevsky,
president of Philips Interna-tional
is one of the most
active real estate buyers and
developers in New York
today. His other major pro-jects
include: 30 Central
Park South, Manhattan's
Good Government Party J"®'?';®* 9®
The Good Government
Party of Lynbrook held a
C a n d i d a t e ' s N i g h t on
Thursday, October 18 at the
American Legion Hall on
Union Avenue in Lynbrook.
Approximately 50 people
were in attendance to hear
the various candidates speak
on the issues that they feel
are important to this
campaign.
D o r i s Hambro, demo-
• cratic candidate for the New
York State Assembly in the
21st District, stated that one
of her prime concerns was
the amount of revenue shar-ing
that is distributed to
localities. She called utility
rates "unacceptable," called
for an elected Public Service
Commission, stated that
she was "Prd-Choice" on
abortion and favored capital
p u n i s h m e n t for mass
murderers.
Assemblyman Gregory
Becker (R-Lynbrook), who
represents the 21st District
in the New York State
Assembly, stated that he
believed that "a stabilization
of property tax rates is one
of my highest priorities in
Albany." He stated that with
the assistance of the Assem-bly
Republicans, Lynbrok is
receiving an additional
$92,000 in Municipal Aid
f r om Albany, a 35% jump
over last year. He said that
the For Sale sign on the door
of Hannibal's Pub "lifted my
s p i r i t s " and related his
efforts to close the Pub. He
noted that he had sponsored
legislation to correct the
problem with the lighting
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CANDIDATE NIGHT. Those attending the Good
Government Party's candidate night were (clockwise from
top): Doris Hambro, Assemblyman Gregory Becker; fOTmer
Assemblyman Dean Skelos, and State Senator Carol
Berman.
T h e East R o c k a w ay
Board of Trustees held their
October-meeting on Mon-day,
Octobdr 15, at the Vil-lage
Hall. Deputy Mayor
Murray Eskinazi presided
over the meeting.
The Board accepted "with
sincere regret and apprecia-tion"
the resignation, of
Steven Lander as Chairman
of the East Rockaway
Y o u t h Board, effective
November 1, 1984. Lander
stated that " I no longer have
the time to devote to this
most important poation
. ...and I regret that I will no
longer be of service to the
youth of our community."
The Board approved the
following resolutions: (1) to
a l l ow Congregation Etz
Chaim hold its annual Baz-aar
November 17-19; (2) to
allow the St. Raymond
C Y C to hold a Flea Market
on December 1; (3) to allow
Congregation Etz Chami 'to
hold its annual Solidarity
Parade along M a i n Street to
Carman Avenue on October
18; and (4) grant permission
for Bethany Church to hold
Flea Marketsd on October
20 and December 15 from
10 am to 4 pm. Deputy
Mayor Eskinazi also pro-c
l a i m e d N o v e m b e r 18
through 23 as "Bible Week."
A request was made by
the Board to the Governor
and State Legislature to pass
legislation limiting tort lia-bility
for local governments.
The Board awarded a bid fro
a " V " type spreader to J.C.
Truck Equipment at its low
bid price of $6,748, and a
used 20 yard packer to V FM
Metal Products Corp at a
bid price of $9,925. The fol-lowing
signs were approved
premier medical condomi-nium
conversion; 931 First
Avenue, formerly the Uni-ted
Nations School, which is
being converted into luxury
housing; and the develop-ment
of an entire blockfront
in Greenwich Village. At the
o f f i c i a l ground breaking
ceremony held on October
16th, Mayor Geier stated,
" I 'm only too glad that we
were able to attract such a
fine developer to our village
to enhance our already fine
commercial shopping area."
for instllation: (1) One way
at the entrance to the
Library parking lot; (2) No
Exit facing into the Library
(3) No Parking 7-9 on the
west side of Atlantic Avenue
for 135 feet from Roosevelt
Avenue; (4) Remove No
Parking sign on the north
side of Althouse Avenue 90
feet Front Street; (5) No
Parking on the south side of
Althouse Avenue 90 feet
Front Street; (6) N o Parking
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Lynbrook School
Board Report
The members of the Lyn-brook
Board of Education
met on Wednesday, October
9 at the Lynbrook Senior
High School.
The Board approved the
minutes of the regular meet-ing
of September 12 and the
special meeting of Sep-tember
19 and approved the
following resolutions: the
Superintendent of Schools
was authorized to approve
attendance for members of
the professional staff at sev-eral
conferences during the
course of the 1984-85 school
year; Philip Pomarico and
C a t h l e e n Aguirre were
appointed part-time teacher
aides in the Lynbrook Pub-lic
Schools; and finally, the
Board passed a resolution of
regret at the passing of
Helen Webers, former secre-t
a r y in the Lynbrook
Schools for more than 20
years.
The next meeting of the
Lynbrook Board of Educa-tion
wjll be held on Wednes-day,
November 14.
GROUND BREAKING. Lyiibrook Mayor William P.
Geier, center, is joined by other dignataries on October 16th
at the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Philips
Plaza to be constructed on the old abandoned Rupp prop-erty
on Sunrise Highway. Joining the mayor, from left to
right, are Chamber of Commerce President Gisela Giese,
Deputy Mayor Michael Krawchuk, Malverne Mayor Ste-wart
Morrow, Senator Carol Berman, Mayor Geier, Con-gressman
Raymond McGrath, Assemblyman Gregory
Becker, and Thomas Hand, representing Presiding Supervi-sor
Tom Guiotta.
PRESENTATION. Mayor Geier is shown here explaining
the planned Philips Plaza to those who gathered for the
ground breaking ceremony. Chamber President Gisela
Giese looks on.
GOP Cocktail Party
Set For October 28
T h e East R o c k a w ay
Republican Club will hold
it« Annual Cocktail Party
on Sunday, October 28 f r om
3 pm to 6 pm at the East
Rockaway Yacht Club.
Many of the Republican
candidates seeking election
this Navember will join East
Rockaway's own Con-gressman
N o r m a n Lent,
Judge Raymond Harring-tpn
and Assembly candidate
B r i a n M e y e r in the
festivities.
tickets are only $40 per
couple and may be obtained
by calling Phil Christ at 593-
2316 or Anthony Santino at
599-3748. Please make
checks payable to the East
R o c k a w a y R e p u b l i c an
Committee.
There will be food, music,
and a good time for all. So
come on down and meet
your Republican candidates.