SAFETY is
NOT
an ACCIDENT
Rental Tenants In Gondos, Go-Ops
Shoveling snow is good exer-cise,
but don't overdo it.
Dress appropriately! Wear
mittens, boots, hat with ear
flaps and wind and waterproof
outer wear.
Know your limitations. Over-work
can strain muscles, cause
falls and heart attacks. Rest
frequently.
Use a proper snow shovel
and lift with your legs, not your
back. Do not try to clear too
much in one session. Clear a
small area and take a breather!
Snow blowers, properly used,
save muscles and energy, but
carelessly used can cause in-juries.
Remove obstacles, aim
snow shoot carefully, don't try
to unclog shoot when machine
is in operation, and do not use
on stone or gravel walks or
driveways.
After snow is cleared spread
sand or salt to prevent slipping.
Seek immediate medical at-tention
for FROSTBITE. If this
is hot possible, quickly warm by
soaking in tepid (102 to 105
degrees Fahrenheit) water. Do
not rub with snow or ice, and do
not take alcoholic beverages.
Summer Teen Theatre:
JOf/i Year Retrospective
The Arts Council at Freeport
is seeking alumni of its annual
four-week Teen Theatre work-shop
to become involved in the
grand retrospective performance
which will celebrate its tenth
year.
Previous revues .have show-cased
the music of George
Gershwin, Richard Rogers and
Julie Styne, among others, and
have presented the best music
of the Broadway stage. Some
graduates- of this program have
developed professional theater
careers. All have shared an
enjoyable and creative summer
vacation.
Past participants who are
interested in becoming part of
this year's exciting event in any
way are urged to call the Arts
Council office at 223-2522.
Michael Kirwan, the Freeport
Board of Trustees' liaison officer
with the Nassau County Rental
Guidelines Board, points out
that under most cases tenants
under rental leases but occupying
units in cooperative or condo-minium-
owned buildings, have
all the rights under the State's
Emergency Tenant Protection
Act (ETPA) as the tenants of
all-rental buildings containing
six or more units, and when one
or more of the housing units in
the building is made available
for occupancy on a rental basis.
These rights hold whether the
building is already a cooperative
or condominium or if the At-torney
General has accepted,
for filing, an offering to convert.
They hold whether or not the
"landlord" renting the premises
is (1) the purchaser-owner of the
apartment in question; (2) the
building owner; or (3) the spon-sor
or other person having legal
ownership of the apartment.
The legal regulated rent,
where the apartment was pre-viously
subject to ETPA, must be
the rent in the last lease to the
last tenant of the apartment,
which was lawful under ETPA,
and increased by an amount not
in excess of the guideline rates of
increase, which were filed by
the County Rental Guidelines
Board and which are authorized
for use in a lease for an apart-ment
in the building in question.
Tenants renting an apartment
in a cooperative or condominium
have the same rights, with re-spect
to services, evictions,
harassment and rent adjust-ments,
as do tenants in all-rental
buildings.
Further information can be
obtained from the State Division
-of Housing and Community
Renewal, 50 Clinton Street,
Hempstead, 481-9494.
Skating Fun Continues
Residents are reminded that
the'Recreation Center's enclosed
ice rink will remain open until
March 25. Fees, per session,
for resident children and senior
citizens is $1 and $1.50 for resi-dent
adults. Discount tickets for
15 sessions, and transferable
among the family, may be pur-chased
for $10 and $15. A Free-port
Activity Card is required.
Public skating sessions are
Tuesdays, 3-5pm; Thursdays,
3-5pm and 7:30-9:30pm; Fri-days,
7:30-9:30pm; Saturdays,
12:30-2:30pm, 3-5pm and 7:30-
9:30pm; and Sundays, l-3pm
and 3:30-5:30pm. During public
school recess or other holidays,
the Saturday schedule is in
effect except on Mondays when
the Center is closed. Some
public sessions will be can-celled
on January 14 and Febru-ary
9, 11, 12 and 23 for St.
John's University and Stony
Brook University hockey games
to which the public is admitted.
Rental skates, lockers and food
service are available. There are
group skating lessons for all
ages and at all skill 'levels.
Spectators, who are not per-mitted
on Friday and Satur-day
nights, must pay a 50<f fee.
Summer Positions
Students returning to the
Village for the holidays are urged
to apply now for summer jobs
with the Village.. Such jobs in-clude
recreation aide, laborer
and lifeguard.
Application must be made at
the office of the Village Clerk,
Village Hall, weekdays, 8:30 am
to 4 pm. No telephone inquiries
will be accepted. Applicants
will be required to present proof
of residency in the Village and
must be at least 18 years of age.
Lifeguards must have certifica-tion.
The deadline for summer jobs
is May 1, 1984. If vacancies fqr
lifeguards exist after the dead-line,
applications will be ac-cepted
from non-residents and
well as residents, 17 years or
older, with the required certifica-tion.
SUPPORT
YOUR LOCAL MERCHANTS
JANUARY 1984
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
William H. White, Mayor
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of the Month, at 8:00 P.M.
Drive For Planting Curbside Trees
In response to increased in-terest
in the replenishment of
trees throughout- Freeport, the
Village Commission for the Con-servation
of the Environment
will assist the Village govern-ment,
civic groups, businesses
and individuals in coordinating
the planting of new trees at
curbside.
At Mayor White's suggestion
two years ago, a Freeport Tree
Restoration Committee was
founded wherein residents do-nate
money towards the plant-ing
of curbside trees in the
memory of a loved one or on
occasion of a birth, marriage,
etc. Over 10 trees have been
planted through this program
with more expected in the spring.
While the Committee will re-main
in effect, replanting by
this mechanism is necessarily
slow. It. is advantageous to have
a greater percentage planted
with the help of other sources of
funding. -
At the recommendation of
Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm,
the Village government is con-sidering
including in its 10th
Year Community Development
Grant application, an allocation
under "street improvements"
which could cover the removal
of dead trees and the planting of
replacements. However, these
funds could only be used in
Housing Improvement Areas #1
(the northeast), #2 (Pearsall
Avenue-Russell Place area)
and #3 (Bedell and Rayncr
Streets area).
For other areas of the Village,
various groups are attempting
to raise private donations to
help defray the cost of new
trees.
In addition, the Village's
Public Works Department is
initiating a tree seeding land
bank program which will be
established on the grounds of
the new public works complex.
This will ensure lower costs for
future tree projects throughout
the Village.
Holiday Schedule
All Village offices will be closed
on Monday, February 13 for Lin-coln's
Birthday, and Monday,
February 20 for Washington's
Birthday. The Board of Trustees
will not be meeting on those
evenings.
Because of the holidays,
there will be no garbage collect-ion
on those Mondays nor col-lection
of trash on Thursdays,
February 16 and 23, in the north-ern
section of the Village.
...™* NOTICE- ...._—
ELECTRIC CONSUMER DEPOSITS
IN ORDER TO AVOID PROVIDING A TWO-MONTH DEPOSIT AS SECURITY
FOR PAYMENT OF ELECTRIC BILLS, ALL SAID BILLS MUST BE PAID WITHIN
TWENTY-FIVE (25) DAYS, OTHERWISE CONSUMER WILL BE CONSIDERED
DELINQUENT AND REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DEPOSIT AS PER SECTION 117 OF
PUBLIC SERVICE LAW.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: Thomas M. Molloy
Know YOUR Neighborhood
The Village of Freeport has
joined the U.S. Commerce
Department's Census Bureau in a
special Neighborhood Statistics
program. The purpose of this
program is to produce demo-graphic
and economic information
based on the results of the 1980
Census of Population and Hous-ing
for officially recognized
neighborhoods.
There are five such neighbor-hoods
in the Village: Northwest,
Northeast, Central, Southwest
and Southeast.
The Northwest was spotlighted
in December's "Village News"
and this month the Commerce
Department's data on the North-east
is published. Future issues
will carry data on the Central,
Southeast and Southwest sect-ions.
NOTE: It is important to keep
in mind that this data was col-lected
in 1979-80. This is partic-ularly
true of the Northeast with
its on-going federal Homestead-ing
program and new single
family housing construction.
Northeast Freeport
For this purpose, the Com-merce
Department defines the
northeast as the area bounded by
Sunrise Highway and the north-erly
Village line, and North
Main Street and Babylon Turn-pike.
According to the census,
7,909 persons lived in the area
on April 1, 1980. They com-prised
20.7% of Freeport's total
population of 38,272. Of that
number, 905 were White; 6,829
Black; 31 were among the Ameri-can
Indian, Eskimo and Aleut
grouping; and 16 of the Asian
and Pacific Islander grouping.
Persons of Spanish origin (who
may be of any race) numbered
424. Among residents of the
northeast, 31.2% were under age
15 and 5.9% were 65 or older.
The area's median age was 23
years as compared to total Free-port's
30.9 years.
The northeast's 2,051 house-holds
represent 16.1% of all
Freeport households. Among the
2,051 households, 13.6% con-sisted
of one person and 20.8%
had six or more persons.
Among persons in the north-east
age 15 and older, 45.3% of
the 2,346 men and 34.6% of the
3,093 women were married
(excluding separated) at the time
of the census. Of 1,756 families,
55.7% were maintained by a
married couple, 40.8% by a
female householder with no
husband present, and 3.5% by
a male householder with no wife
present.
Foreign born in the area was
10.1%. In terms of ethnic or
national origin, 626 persons were
of English ancestry, 98 of Italian
and 57 of German.
In the northeast, 3,260 persons
age three and over were enrolled
in school. They included 79 in
nursery schools, 1,773 in kinder-garten
through eighth grade and
1,060 in high school. Of the stu-dents
in grades K-12, 5.4% were
enrolled in private schools. Of
those over the age of 25, 19.7%
had a grade school education
or less, and 57.9% were high
school graduates, including
20.5% who had completed one
or more years of college. About
8.8% had completed four years or
more of college. Of civilians 16
years and over, 10.2% were
veterans, including 21.5% of the
males.
""oFTTie total of 7,471 persons,
five years and older, living in
the northeast in 1980, 33.4% had
been living in a different house in
the United States five years
earlier. Of those movers, 83%
had lived in Nassau County;
13.8% had lived in New
York State but in a different
county; and 3.2% had lived in a
different state. On the other
hand, 36.5% of all householders
in the northeast had lived in their
housing units 10 years or more.
The unemployment rate for the
area in 1979 was 8.4% — 10.3%
for White persons; 8.3% for
Black persons; and 8% for
Spanish origin persons. In the
area, 60.6% of all working age
(16 or older) persons and 53% of
working-age females were in the
labor force.
Those employed included 618
in service occupations; 551 in
administrative support occupa-tions,
including clerical, and 342
persons were in precision pro-duction,
craft and repair oc-cupations.
Of the 2,960 employed
persons, 70.1% worked for wages
or salary for a private entity.
Another 26.6% held local, state
or federal government jobs. The
self-employed represented 3.3%
of the total.
The median income in 1979
for families in the northeast was
$15,921. The median income for
White families was $17,775;
$15,275 for Black families; and
$12,437 for Spanish origin fam-ilies.
There were a total of 2,263
persons below the poverty level
($7,412 for a four person family)
in 1979. There were 110 persons
65 years and over below that
level, or 20.9% of all elderly in
the area. Of the 444 families be-low
the poverty level, 66.9% had
a female householder with no
husband present. The poverty
rate for White persons was
17.7%; 29.6% for Black; and
19.7% for Spanish origin per-sons.
The census showed that of
the 2,051 year-round occupied
housing units in the northeast,
57.6% were occupied by owners
and 42.4% by renters. Of the
1,182 owner-occupied housing
units, 17.1% were occupied by
White; 81.1% by Black; 0.6% by
the American Indian, Eskimo and
Aleut grouping; and 3.2% by
Spanish origin. Of the 869 renter-occupied
housing units, 17.8%
were occupied by White; 79.9%
by Black; 0.5% by American
Indian, Eskimo and Aleut group-ing;
and 7.1% by Spanish origin.
The census found that about
9.6% of the housing units were
built in 1970 or later, while
38% had been built before 1940.
Median value, in 1980, for owner-occupied
homes was $36,900 as
compared to $43,900, total Free-port
median. Median contract
rent paid for rental housing
units was $294 compared to total
Freeport median of $308.
SHOPPING
IS GREAT
IN FREEPORT
Weatherization Program February Deadline
Homeowners and renters,
whose incomes in relation to
family size are at or below the
set guidelines, are eligible for a
weatherization program in the
form of grants coming from the
State Department of Social Serv-ices.
Freeport, along with Bald-win,
Island Park, Long Beach,
Oceanside, Glen Cove and Levit-town,
have been selected for this
program.
The program is administered
by Job Opportunities For Wo-men,
Inc. (JOW) which is located
at 71 N. Franklin Street, Hemp-stead,
11550. The phone number
is 483-6625.
Some 53 housing units in the
Village have been assisted
through this program and 60
others have been allotted for
Freeport. DEADLINE TO START
THE PROCEDURE IS THE
FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY.
The JOW program is separate
from the Freeport Community
Development Agency's resi-dential
rehabilitation loan and
grant program.
For eligible applicants, grant
funds can be used for weather-stripping
or caulking, replace-ment
or repair of storm windows
and doors, insulation and related
weatherization services.
Anyone currently receiving SSI
or ADC is automatically eligible.
Others should call JOW to see if
they are eligible as there are vari-ables
involving senior citizens
and the handicapped.
What Weatherization is All About
Basically, weatherization is a
means of preventing cold air from
entering and heat from leaving a
dwelling unit, thus ensuring heat-ing
efficiency and fuel savings.
Responses to some commonly
asked questions about weather-ization
are presented below.
Why is Weatherization Nece-ssary?
Since the vast majority of
dwelling units in New York State
were built when fossil fuels
were relatively inexpensive,
only minimal insulation efforts
were made. As a result, most
units are energy inefficient.
Weatherization is essential to
ensure efficient use of fossil
fuels at today's market values.
How Does The Weatherization
Assistance Program Work?
The weatherization assistance
program consists of four steps:
• an applicaton to the local
weatherizing agency to deter-mine
the income eligibility of
the dwelling occupant;
• a pre-weatherization inspection
of the dwelling unit to deter-mine
its specific needs;
• the weatherization of the unit;
• a post-program inspection to
review the program work qual-ity
and effectiveness.
In addition, many units will be
selected for pre- and post-weatherizatipn
energy audits.
These audits will determine con-sumption
rates of energy before
and after weatherization of the
unit, thus determining its effect-iveness.
How is a Dwelling Unit Defined?
The definition of dwelling unit
includes house, stationary mobile
homes, apartments, and single
rooms occupied as separate living
quarters.
Is There Any Charge For Weath-erization
Services?
There is no charge for weather-ization
services or repairs or
for assistance in applying for
funds from other sources. All
services of the weatherization
program are provided free of
charge to the dwelling unit oc-cupant.
What Services Are Included?
All programs provide similar
services which include but are
not limited to:
• weatherstripping and caulking
around doors and windows;
• replacement or repair or storm
windows and doors;
• replacement or repair of broken
windows and/or external,
doors;
• the addition or introduction of
insulation;
• minor repairs, as needed, to
ensure optimum efficiency
from the weatherization serv-ices
performed;
Are Renters Eligible For Serv-ices?
Yes. Providing income guide-lines
are met, rental dwellings
can be serviced under these
programs. If 66% of the resi-dents
of. the multi-dwelling
unit are income eligible, then
the entire building will be el-igible
for services.
Are the Materials Used Of High
Quality?
Every program is required to
purchase and use only mate-rials
which meet federal stand-ards.
Reputable dealers supply
these materials and often assist
in training in their proper ap-plication.
DOS provides train-ing
in quality control and
material use.
What Are The Sources For
Weatherization Funding?
The Division of Economic
Opportunity's Weatherization
Assistance Program is funded
by the U.S. Department of
Energy and since 1982, the
New York State Department of
Social Services. The program is
administered by JOW.
Tax Exemptions
On Improvements
For Handicapped
The Village Board of Trustees
has approved a local law where-in
improvements made to one-,
two- or three-family homes for
the benefit of a physically handi-capped
owner, or family member
residing in the home, will be
exempt from taxation.
To qualify as physically dis-abled/
for this purpose, the in-dividual
must submit certain
medical certification to the
Village's Assessor. The ex-emption
will only apply when
the owner or owners make ap-plication
to the Assessor and
when the Assessor is satisfied
that the improvement is nec-essary
to facilitate and accom-modate
the use and accessibility
by a resident who is physically
disabled. Once granted","" the
exemption will continue on the
real property until the improve-ment
ceases to be necessary to
facilitate and accommodate the
use of the property by a physically
disabled resident.
Persons who accomplished
property improvements for the
handicapped previous to the
enactment of this law, and the
handicapped person still resides
on the property, may apply for
the exemption if that improve-ment
raised their assessed valua-tion.
However, the exemption is
not retroactive.
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