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VOL. 34 NO. 39 Wednesday, October 7,1987 30e PER COPY
CDLOTTA SIGNS SCHOOL BUS LICENSING LEGIS-LATION.
C ounty Executive Thomas S. Gulotta (seated)
signs the new local law which licenses all school buses doing
business in Nassau County with the approval of (from left to
right) Supervisor Vincent A. Suo/.xi of the City of Glen
Cove, Supervisor Bruce Nyman of the City of Long Beach,
Supervisor John B. Kiernan of the Town of North Hemp-stead,
who as Chairman of the Transportation Committee
spearheaded the bus licensing effort, and Hempstead Super-vi.
sor Gregory P. Peterson.
Drug Hotline
The United Slates Cus-toms
Sei\ ice has made their
lirst ollicial announcemeiu
and presentation ol a new
country wide citi/en drug
awareness program. Ihe
announcement and presen-tation
was made before the
lesidents and members ol
t h e I. \ II b r o o k Ci o o d
(jo\ernment Party at their
September meeting by Spe-cial
Agent .lohn Nacclerio ol
the US Customs .Serv iceand
a i.ynbrook resident.
I his new program asks
citizens to call a new US
Customs drug hotline. I-SOO-
Bli-Al.ERI. to report
drug sales and 'drug smug-gling.
The new hotline,
s t a l l e d by lederal em-ployees.
will refer the infor-mation
and complaints to
lederal agents to investigate,
rhe Customs Service is
presently hiring additional
staff to operate the hotline
24 hours a day.
President Reagan has
stated. " I'he time has come
for each and c\ery one of us
to make a personal and
moral c o m m i t m e n t tt)
actively oppose the use of ille-gal
drugs in all forms and in
all places. We must remoxe
all traces of illegal drugs
from our nation." This new
hotline is one way that citi-zens
can join w ith the Presi-dent
to help combat drug
sales and drug abuse in our
country.
The mayor and trustees of
the Village of Lynbrook and
the Good Government
Party ask all our residents to
j o in America's crusade
against drugs. H you have
any questions regarding this
(Continued on Page 4)
Board Adopts Bus
Licensing Legislation
Special Agent Nacclerio, third from left, pres,ent$ Village
Trustee Steve Grogan with the new "You Can Help" poster,
as, from left to right. Trustee Bud Lanning, Good Govern-ment
Party president J»an IVIathie, Deputy Mayor Norman
Dreyer, outgoing president John Termini and 1st Vice-*
President Robert Grogan add their support for this new
program.
The N a s s u County
Board of Supervisors has
unanimously adopted a
local law that licenses all
school bus operators doing
business in Nas.sau County,
it was announced by Hemp-s
t e a d Town P r e s i d i ng
Supervisor Joseph N. Mon-delloand
North Hempstead
S u p e r v i s o r J o h n B.
Kiernan.
County Executive Tho-mas
S. Gulotta signed the'
legislation into law at a
ceremony immediately fol-lowing
the Monday. Sep-tember
2«. 1987. meeting of
the Board of Supervisors.
The new local law goes into
effect October 15. 1987.
"I am delighted to sign
this historic legislation.-
"stated County Executive
(julotta, "Through the dedi-cation
and hard work of the
members of the Board of
Supervisors and the Task
Force on School Bus Safety,
we now have a law which
will ensure the safety of our
children who commute to
school each day."
The new local law
requires all school bus com-panies
to obtain a license
from the Nassau County
Commissioner of Consumer
Affairs, who will be empo-wered
to examine the quali-fications
and fitness of all
applicants, obtain informa-tion
from any law enforce-ment
agency regarding the
criminal history of any
owner or employee of a
school bus company, includ-ing
drivers and matrons,
conduct physical inspec-tions
of all buses operating
in the County, and levy fines
for violating any provision
of the new law.
"This legislation proves
that when concerned citi-zens
and local officials work
together, problems can be
resolved," stated Supervisor
Kiernan, who as Chairman
of the Board's Tiansporta-tion
Committee spear-headed
the licensing effort.
"1 believe that the local law
adopted today will go a long
way towards providing an
extra measure of safety to
those relying on transporta-tion
to and from school each
day."
Highlights of the new
local law are as follows:
* All school bus operators
doing business in Nassau
County must receive u
license from the Department
of Consumer Affairs, and
provide the Commissioner
with the names of the
owners of the company, the
number of vehicles to be
operated by the applicant
and a de.scription of each
vehicle, including the make,
model, year of manufacture.
New York .State registration
number, vehicle identifica-tion
number, and school bus
number, as well as certifi-cates
of insurance evidenc-ing
public liability and
property damage coverage.
* Each \ehicle used to
transport children to school
must display a decal proving
that it has been licensed by
the Countv.
* A fee' of $500 shall be
paid to obtain a license, and
there will be an additional
fee of SIO per decal. A
school district which owns,
icjises. or operates its t^wn
buses will be exempted from
this pro\ision.
* The Department of
Consumer Affairs and the
N a s s a u C o u n t y Police
Department are empowered
to conduct physical inspec-tions
of all school buses
o p e r a t i n g i n N a s s au
County. Inspections will be
made to determine proper
d o c u m e n t a t i o n of the
driver, ensure correct seat
belt installation and usage,
and monitor the functioning
of horns, brakes, lights,
radios, and other accessories
essential to safe driving.
* In addition to inspec-tions
conducted by the
County, all vehicles must be
Rocklyn
Cemetery
Vandalized
Tombstones were over-turned,
causing an estimate
damage of $5,000 at the
Rocklyn Cemetery in Lyn-brook
last week.
Police stated that the
vandals entered the Ceme-tery,
located at Ocean
Avenue and Merrick Road,
between the hours of 4 pm
Tuesday, September 29 and
7 am Wednesday, Sep-tember
30. Beer bottles were
left scattered over the
grounds, and at least 50
stones were overturned, and
many of them were
scratched and chipped.
Cemetery workers inform-ed
Fifth Squad Detective
Robert Ballard that another
80 stones had been over-turned
in previous weeks.
inspected by New York
State Department of Trans-p
o r t ion certified inspectors
at inter\als not exceeding
six (6) months.
• Violations discovered at
inspection will result in the
issuance of appearance
tickets and are punishable
by fines not exceeding $250
for the first offense and
$1,000 for each additional
violation. Any bus company
that operates without a
license or with a suspended
or revoked license shall be
g u i l t y of a Class A
Misdemeanor.
The Board of Supervisors
held hearings earlier this
year and appointed a Task
Force to assist the Board in
developing legislation to
monitor the safety of school
bus vehicles. The members
of the Task Force on School
Bus Safety included Con-stance
Santangelo. Co-
Chairman of the Coalition
for School Bus Snfetv:
Supervisor Bruce Nyman of
the City of Long' Beach;
County Attorney Edward
O'Brien, representatives of
Nassau County Executive
Thomas Gulotta, Police
C o m m i s s i o n e r Samuel
Rozzi, and Commissioner of
Consumer Affairs James
Picken; Thomas Carroll,.
Counsel to the Board of
Supervisors; Larry Pierce,
private bus operator; S am
Donato, Port Washington
Public Schools; Robert
Pape. DOT representative
of the l.awrence .School Dis-trict;
and Na.ssau County
Comptroller Peter King.
"I would like to thank the
members of the Task Force
for their dedicated efforts
towards ensuring the safety
of school children," con-cluded
Presiding Supervisor
Mondello. "With their help,
Nassau County is taking the
lead in monitoring the vehi-cles
that transport children
to .school each dav.
Bonnie and Scott Bernstein
are Pleased to Announce
The Arrival of Their First
Child, A Son
MATTHEW J. BERNSTEIN
Born October 4th, 1987
At Mt. Sinai Hospital
in Manhattan, Matthew Came
in at a solid
8 lbs. 9 ounces
Congratulations To The Proud
and Respective Happy
Grandparents
This Makss Clara Bernstein
A Great Grandma