Apartment Registration Information
Under New York State law,
all tenants in rent stabilized
apartments should have received
a yellow State "Apartment
Registration" form (Form RR-1)
from their landlord. In addition,
a "Building Services" form
should have been posted in the
lobby of such buildings. Copies of
these forms (also provided in
Spanish) should also have been
provided by the landlord to the
State's Division of Housing and
Community Renewal.
By law, tenants should have
received the Apartment Registra-tion
form by June 30. If it was not
received, the building is not
registered, and by law, and the
landlord should not have collected
any higher rents since April 1.
However, the tenant must con-tinue
to pay any higher rent while
filing an "Objection" form with
the State. If the higher rent was
collected illegally, the over-paymentwill
be reimbursed.
Regardless of whether or not
the Apartment Registration form
was received on or before the
June 30 deadline, or past the
deadline, the tenant has 90 days
from the receipt of the form
from the landlord to challenge
the information. Tenants should
carefully check the information
including number of rooms,
expiration date of current lease,
appliances provided and the
rental collected as of April 1,
1984. Under the Emergency Ten-ants
Protection Act's Rental
Guidelines, this rental, to be
legal, cannot be in round num-bers.
For instance, a rental
could not be $620 a month,
but rather $620.07. In addition,
the rental may not be legal if a
rider was not attached to the
original lease with that rider
containing the rental amount paid
by the previous tenant.
Any tenant who has yet to re-ceive
an Apartment Registration
form should file an Objection,
form indicating "Landlord has
failed to provide me with Apart-ment
Registration form as of this
date."
Any tenant who disagrees with
the information provided by the
landlord must also file an Ob-jection
form with the State within
90 days to challenge the infor-mation.
If the tenant feels the
rental amount is incorrect but
does not challenge within 90
days, that amount becomes the
legal rent and can no longer be
challenged.
The tenant has a legal right to
challenge. Harrasement of the
tenant by the landlord for chal-lenging
carries serious con-sequences
for the landlord.
Objection forms, and further
information, may be obtained
from: Freeport Rent Guidelines
Board Liasion Officer Michael
Kirwan, Village Hall; Freeport
Municipal Tenant Representa-tive/
Freeport Tenants Associa-tion
President Ethel Dorman,
Apt 2F, 116 West Merrick
Road, 623-8581; and Freeport
Tenants Association members
James and Michele Reed, 623-
4316.
Annoying or Obscene Phone Calls
The New York Telephone
Company advises that when you
receive an annoying or obscene
phone call...just hang up im-mediately.
In most cases, that's
enough to stop the caller from
calling again. However, some
people unwittingly encourage the
caller by talking back or just
listening. In most cases, you can
end the problem by following the
guidelines listed.
Guidelines
Never give your phone number
to an unknown caller. And be sure
to instruct your children or baby-sitters
not to give information to
strangers over the phone. Have
them get the caller's name and
number and say you'll call
back — nothing more. To dis-courage
malicious callers, just
remember:
HANG UP if the caller doesn't
answer when you say "hello."
Some just want to see what
you'll do, hoping you'll get
angry. It isn't much fun listening
to a dead line.
HANG UP at the first obscene
word or improper question. The
4 caller likes nothing better than
for you to demand who it is, or
ask repeatedly what the call is
about. Don't give the caller an
audience; that way, you're less
likely to be bothered again.
HANG UP if the caller isn't
identified to your satisfaction.
Use these techniques and the
caller will usually be discouraged
or lose interest. Remember:
• Always use the telephone
on your terms, not those of the
caller. Don't talk to anyone unless
you want to.
• Even if the caller makes re-peated
calls, don't ever let on
that you're angry; keep your cool
and hang up.
An annoyance caller can be
anyone: a stranger, acquaintance,
neighbor, fellow employee or an
unsupervised child. So don't
broadcast your annoyance, be-cause
the caller may hear of it
from someone and continue to
call.
If Calls Persist
Remember, if hanging up
quickly doesn't work, after trying
for a week or so, don't panic.
Call the telephone company's
Annoyance Call Bureau at
(1-800) 522-1122. Tell the Repre-sentative
you have read these
Guidelines, but that you still need
further help.
(The above is reprinted, with
permission, from the New York
Telephone Company's-"What To
Do About Annoying or Obscene
Phone Calls, "booklet.)
SCHOOL
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Village
News
SEPTEMBER 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.
Ice Skating Returns To "Bubble"
The enclosed, lighted and
heated ice skating rink at the
Freeport Recreation Center is
scheduled to open on Saturday,
October 7. It will remain open
until Sunday, March 24.
Those who purchased Annual
Plans for use of the Center's
Health Wing, should claim
their passes worth 10 free admis-sions
to the rink. Cost to others,
per admission, is $1 for a resident
child or senior citizen and $1.50
for resident adults. Non-residents
pay an additional 50<t. Cost for
a guest, regardless of age, is
$3. (A guest is a non-resident ac-companied
by a Freeport Activity
Card holder.)
Discount tickets for 15 admis-sions
are available for $10 and
$15 and are transferable within
the family.
Skating sessions are Tuesday,
3:30-5 pm; Thursday, 3:30-5
pm and 7:30-9:30 pm; Friday,
7:30-9:30 pm; Saturday, 12:30-
2:30 pm, 2-5 pm and 7:30-9:30
pm; and Sunday, 1-3 pm and
3:30-5:30 pm. On school holidays,
the Saturday afternoon schedule
is in effect except on Mondays
when the Center is closed. Puck
shooting sessions are held on
Wednesday at 3:45-5:45 pm and
on Friday, 3:30-5 pm, except on
school holidays. A free Youth
Hockey Clinic, for residents only,
ages 10-17, is held on Monday,
3:45-5:45 pm.
Federal Funds Allocated
Following a public hearing, the
Freeport Board of Trustees has
allocated the $535,000 in federal
Community Development funds
the Village will receive from the
U.S. Department of Housing and
Community Development thro"-
ugh the Nassau County Consorti-um
in the upcoming funding year.
The rehabilitation loans and
grants program was allocated
$40,000. This program involves
low interest loans and grants to
low income families and senior
citizens in designated neighbor-hoods
and, under certain guide-lines,
on a Village-wide basis.
The Village's homesteading
program was given an additional
$118,000. The monies are used
for the acquisition of houses in
the northeast for rehabilitation
and resale to selected Home-steaders
for $30,000 under the
provision they must live in the
house for five years.
The commercial rehabilitation
program was given an additional
$35,000. This involves matching
grants and interest subsidies to
store owners and tenants in com-mercial,
areas such as North Main
Street, Merrick Road, the Cen-tral
Business District and Wood-cleft
Avenue.
Urban redevelopment, which
includes acquisition, demolition,
relocation and disposition activi-ties
throughout the Village, was
allocated. $160^000. Housing
Services, which includes the
Stabilization and Affirmative
Housing Task Force and the Vil-lage's
Homefinders Service,
was allocated $30,000. The sum of
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Both figure and hockey skates
are available for rental at $1 per
session. The skate lounge in-cludes
coin (10<t) lockers and
snack bar.
Skating lessons at all levels
and for all ages are given in
accordance with the Ice Skating
Institute of America curriculum.
Flyers detailing registration, les-son
sessions and fees are avail-able
at the Center.
Community groups and hockey
teams may charter the rink
facilities and special birthday
packages are available including
ice time and a meal prepared by
the Upper Deck' Restaurant.
It's Illegal To
Walk In Street
The Village is again receiving
complaints from motorists about
pedestrians, mainly youngsters,
walking several abreast-in the
middle of the roadway. This
illegal practice is particularly
prevalent near Freeport High
School.
A STATE LAW MAKES IT
ILLEGAL TO WALK IN THE
STREET. The practice is also
highly dangerous. Freeport police
officers will stop offenders to tell
them they are breaking a law that
carries a maximum fine of $50
for the first conviction.
The illegal practice not only im-pedes
traffic, but poses a threat
to the safety of both pedestrians
and motorists.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: Thomas M. Molloy
SAFETY is
NOT
an ACCIDENT
by William G///esp/'e,——
Village Safety Director
Days are getting shorter and
schools are open.
School bus safety has been a
subject of great concern to educ-tors
and parents, but some little
children and teenagers still walk
to school. As pedestrians, they
too can cause a safety problem.
School children are indoctri-nated
in SAFETY HABITS AT AN
EARLY AGE. They respect
"Walk" and "Don't Walk"
signs, and learn to press the
button and wait. They look for
and get guidance from friendly
school crossing guards.
Please remember, however,
that school children have more
than pedestrian SAFETY on their
minds. All life, for them, is a
learning experience. New teach-ers,
new and renewed friendships
with classmates, lunch menus,
etc. are apt to occupy their
minds to the exclusion of im-mediate
personal SAFETY, so
it becomes urgent that every
licensed driver exercise addi-tional
caution. Remember to:
1. Plan your»schedule to avoid
speed. Defensive driving is not
possible at high speeds.
2. Avoid, whenever possible,
school crossings, school bus
routes and busy pedestrian
crossings.
3. Come to, and remain at, a
full stop when a school bus is at
a stop.
4. Be extra careful in the
vicinity of a stopped ice cream
vendor.
5. Take a long second look be-fore
making a right turn on a red
light. This is the law and of
particular importance near a
school or school crossing.
6. Stop when you see a rolling
ball for it may be followed by a
child.
7. Train your child early on
that it is illegal and unsafe to
walk in the road.
8. Yield the best part of the
road to driver education vehicles.
9. Set a good example yourself
for your children which, if fol-lowed,
may avoid a serious
pedestrian accident.
10. Besides children, be
especially considerate of elderly
and handicapped pedestrians
whose senses may be impaired
and whose reactions may be slow.
Your cooperation and consid-eration
for pedestrian SAFETY
can help to avoid accidents and
save lives.
Arts Council Begins Ethnic Performances
"Musica Popolare," a group of
touring Southern Italian tra-ditional
musicians from both
Italy and this country, will per-form
under the auspices of the
Arts Council at Freeport on
October 21, 7:30 pm, at the Bay-view
Avenue School. Tickets,
available through the Council's
office, will be $6.
Freeport will be the only Long
Island stop for the musicians
who will be touring ten commun-ities
in the Northeast this fall.
They will perform the soulful,
melancholy songs and lively,
exuberant instrumental music
of their home regions of Calabria,
Campania and Sicily. They are
masters of such favorite folk
instruments as the zampogna
(bagpipes), ciaramella (wooden
oboe), organetto (push button
accordion) and chitatta battente
(an early predessor of the guitar).
The performers will also sing
and dance. Freeport's Enrico
Fermi Lodge of the Sons of
Italy will host the musicians
at a special dinner to follow the
performance.
The October 21 event is the
first of many ethnic performances
which will be presented by The
Arts Council in the coming
months. They will culminate
in an Ethnic Festival to be held
in May at the Freeport Recreation
Center in conjunction with
the Freeport Recreation Depart-ment
and a number of ethnic
groups located in the Village.
* * * *
Save the date of Sunday,
November 18, 11 am to 5 pm,
for the Annual Crafts Festival
sponsored by the Arts Council
and the Freeport Recreation
Village Will Pick Up
Bagged Leaves
Superintendent of Public
Works David Lovejoy has an-nounced
that the special Highway
Department pick-up of bagged
leaves begins the last week in
October. Property owners must
adhere to the proper schedule if
the program is to be successful.
Plastic bags holding leaves are
not to be placed on the curb for
pick-up, except on the day set
aside. Unlike trash days, there is
no limit as to the number of
bags of leaves which may be set
at the curb on the scheduled
collection day. The schedule is as
follows:
Leaf Schedule
MONDAY - Northwest: Sunrise
Highway north to the Village
Line. North Main Street west to
the Village Line.
TUESDAY - Southeast: Sunrise
Highway south to the Village
Line. South Long Beach Avenue
east to the Village Line.
THURSDAY - Northeast:
Sunrise Highway north to the
Village Line, North Main Street
east to the Village Line.
FRIDAY - Southwest: Sunrise
Highway south to the Village
Line. South Long Beach west to
the Village Line.
This program will be carried
out by the Highway Department
personnel using packer trucks.
The private carters will not
pick up bagged leaves on trash
days. Normally the leaf collection
program ends in mid-December.
NOTE: Residents should be
aware that it is against the
Village's littering ordinance to
rake leaves into the gutter. The
practice presents a fire hazard
as well as a danger to young
children who may play in piles of
leaves while unseen by motorists.
Department at the Center. In
addition to the nearly 100 crafts-people,
there will be per-formances
throughout the day
and a special workshop for chil-dren.
The Festival is open to
the public at no cost. The event is
partially funded by the Nassau
County Office of Cultural De-velopment.
Village Human Relations Commission
(Editor's Note:. The following
has appeared periodically in the
' 'Village News'' over the past few
years. The same information was
printed for the first time in Span-ish
in the July, 1983 issue.)
In establishing the Freeport
Human Relations Commission
under the State's General Munici-pal
Law, the Board of Trustees
gave certain duties and obliga-tions
to the 13-member group:
Duties
. (a) To foster mutual respect
and understanding among all
racial, religious and nationality
groups in the community.
(b) To make studies in any field
of human relationships in the
Village which will aid in the
general purposes of the Commis-sion.
(c) To look into incidents of
tension and conflict among or
between various racial, religious
and nationality groups and to take
action to alleviate those tensions
and conflicts.
(d) To conduct educational
programs to increase goodwill
among Village residents and to
open new opportunities into all
phases of community life for all
residents.
Obligations
(a) To receive complaints of
alleged discrimination because
of race, creed, color, national
origin, sex, age, marital status or
physical disability. In such cases
where the complaint falls within
the jurisdiction of the State Com-mission
on Human Rights, the
Federal Funds Allocated
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$5,000 was set aside for street
improvements in the area of
Pearsall Avenue and Russell
Place and another $5,000 for site
improvements at the Housing
Authority's Moxie Rigby Apart-ments
on Buffalo Avenue. The
Hi-Hello Day Care Center will
receive $10,000 in rehabilitation
funds. Set aside for administra-tion
costs for the Community
Development Agency was
$107,000 with another $25,000 to
be retained for contingencies and
local option activities.
Help Keep Freeport Clean!
Freeport Commission seeks the
active assistance of the State
authority. In other complaints,
the local group seeks to eliminate
alleged discrimination through
the process of conferences, con-ciliation
and persuasion.
(b) To hold conferences and
other public meetings for the
resolution of racial, religious and
nationality group tensions which
have resulted in occasions of
prejudice and discrimination.
(c) To issue publications .and
reports of investigation which,
in the Commission's judgment,
will aid in the group's purposes.
(d) To foster mutual esteem,
justice and equity among diverse
groups in the Village by enlisting
the cooperation and participation
of the various racial, religious and
nationality groups, community
organizations, industry and labor
organizations and other groups in
educational campaigns.
Michael Kirwan serves as the
Village's full-time Human Re-lations
Director and he may be
reached any business day at
Village Hall, FR 8-4000.
NOTE: It is, according to New
York State Law, an unlawful, dis-criminatory
practice "for any
employer, labor organization or"
employment agency to discharge,
expel, or otherwise discriminate
against any person because he or
she has opposed any practices
forbidden under the New York
State Human Rights Law or be-cause
he or she had filed a com-plaint,
testified or assisted in any
proceeding of the Commission."
Auction Sale
The Freeport Police Depart-ment
will hold its annual Auction
Sale of bicycles and other found
articles on Saturday, October 13.
The sale will begin at 10 am
at the Police Garage which is ad-jacent
to Headquarters at 40
North Ocean Avenue.
Items must be paid for by cash
at that time.
It's OK Not
To Drink Month
Mayor William White has pro-claimed
October as "It's OK Not
To Drink Month" as has been
done annually for the past several
years.
A community awareness cam-paign
originated by Marion
Harvie, Director of Freeport's Al-cohol
and Substance Abuse
Center, the Freeport concept has
taken hold with the slogan now
promoted in Michigan and Min-nesota,
California and Florida.
The program is not a promotion
for abstinence as much as it is
an effort to spread the word that
it is ok not to drink without
bring considered a social deviate
and one has the -right to expect
the availability of non-alcoholic
beverages at social functions.
The major focus of this year's
campaign will be a series of free
educational programs on
Wednesdays, 8 pm, at the Free-port
Recreation Center. Residents
and their friends are urged to
attend the sessions as a means of
increasing self knowledge, to
learn ways of helping families
and children who seek or need
guidance in the prevention of
alcoholism and other forms of
chemical dependency and ad-dictions.
A variety of related
topics will be covered in order to
present suggested guidelines for
better living through good health
practices.
The following speakers have
accepted Ms. Harvie's invitation
to participate:
LI Council on Alcoholism
Executive Director Peter Sweis-good,
October 3; Brunswick
Hospital Center Department of
Medicine and Nutrition Director
Joseph Beasley, M.D. speaking
on "Nutrition," October 10;
Breakthrough Center Program
Director Thomas Brinson, "Viet-nam
Veterans - Special Needs,"
October 17; and Freeport Hospi-tal
Executive Director Alan
Herzlin, M.D., "Our Kids Are In
Trouble," October 24.
Scooper Pooper Law
Dog walkers are warned that
the special scooper pooper patrol
will issue a summons to Village
Court when the walker does not
clean up after his dog.
In the case where a dog walker
is seen without the necessary
cleaning equipment, a notice of
violation will be issued.
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