Cease And Desist Orders
Prevent Blockbusting
• Freeport's Stabilization and
Affirmative Housing Task Force
urges all homeowners who have
not already done so, to sign a
cease and desist order to be for-warded
to the Secretary of State.
These orders prevent mass
solicitation of homeowners and
undue pressure to sell. '
The cease and desist drive
began some years ago when
solicitations of homeowners in
the Village by a few unscrupulous
real estate brokers led to "block
busting." Discussions between
the Village and State govern-ment
led to the program whereby
residents signing and filing such
orders with the State would be
protected from unwanted solicita-tion
by real estate brokers and
salesmen. Those realtors refusing
to obey the order are subject to
punitive action by the Secretary's
office which can lead to suspen-sion
or revokation of the license
to operate in the real estate field.
If you have never signed a
cease and desist order — or if
you have but have since moved
within the Village to another
house — clip out and sign the
form below and return it to the
Village with your electric pay-ment.
The Task Force urges all
Freeporters to add their names to
the hundreds of their neighbors
who have already afforded them-selves
of this form of protecting
their property, their Village and
themselves. The signing of the
iorder will not prevent anyone
from selling their home in a legit-imate
manner by merely contact-ing
any reputable realtor or the
Village's Homefinders Service.
The difference is that the cpntract
is initiated by the homeowner
and not by a real estate dealer.
All cease and desist forms re-ceived
will be recorded by the
Village and forwarded to the Sec-retary
of State. When you have
received an acknowledgment
from the State, you will know that
you are covered by the non-solicitation
order. If you are sub-sequently
solicited, save the post-card,
business card or other
material received, or if solicited
by phone, make a note of the
time, date and name and broker
•affiliation of the caller, and then
notify the Village's Human Rela-tions
Office at 378-4000.
Honorable Secretary of State
State of New York
Dear Secretary:
I (We), the undersigned registered owner(s) of property
located at ',in
the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Nassau County, N.Y.,
do not wish to sell such property. Accordingly, I (we) hereby
revoke my (our) implied invitation to solicit in any manner
whatsoever.
I (We) hereby request you, by virtue of the power vested
in you as Secretary of State, pursuant to Article 12A of the
Real Property Law, to order all licensed-brokers-and-salesmen
to cease and desist from soliciting the undersigned until such
time as I (we) may notify you in writing to the contrary.
Signed'.
Print Name
Dated:
Truck/Trailer Parking
Residents and businesses are
reminded that there are several
laws governing the parking of
commercial vehicles (those carry-ing
commercial license plates)
within the Village. Violation of
those laws can result in a $25
parking ticket.
It is illegal to park a commercial
vehicle or trailer on any public
street within the Village between
the hours of 6 pm and 6 am unless
the vehicle is actually being load-ed
or unloaded onto a premises
located on the street at which it is
parked, or the vehicle is being
used in the construction, repairs
or emergency services to a prem-ises
on that street.
A commercial vehicle or trailer
cannot be parked on private prop-erty
in any business or commer-cial
zone uless the vehicle is used
in relation to the business at that
location.
It is also unlawful to park such
vehicles in an empty lot within the
Village unless the lot is an "ap-proved
parking field in accord-ance
with the Freeport code of
ordinances.
In residential areas, com-mercial
vehicles, including house
coaches, hearses, ambulances
and buses, may not park on a
public street for longer than one
hour unless actually loading and
unloading on that street.
Holiday
Schedule
All Village offices will be closed
on Tuesday, February 12 for
Lincoln's Birthday, and Monday,
February 18 for Washington's
Birthday. The Board of-Trustees
will not meet on February 11
(the eve of a holiday) nor on
February 18.
Because of the holidays, there
will be no. garbage collection
in the central part of the village
on February 12 and no trash
collection on Friday, February 15;
there will 'be no garbage col-lection
in the northern section
of the Village on February 18
and no trash collection on Thurs-day,
February 21.
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:: REFERENCE ONLY 'JANUARY 1985
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.
Mayor William White Steps Down
Freeport Mayor William White made the following
announcement at the Monday, December 17, public
meeting of the Village Board of Trustees.
"Although the rumors far preceded any decision
on my part, I am announcing this evening that I will
not be seeking election to a fourth term as Mayor in
the March election.
"I have served on this Board for 16 years, 12 of
those years as theMayor. I am proud of the record of
accomplishments of my administration. I have seen
our property values rise, our once under-utilized
Recreation Center bursting with activities and bring-ing
in healthy revenues. It has been a pleasure for
me to meet so many new families who have bought
homes here and to hear their enthusiasm for our Vil-lage
and their commitment to its future. How far we
are from the days of white flight and racial steering
when there was real reason to question our ability to
remain a stabilized Village.
"I can look around at renovated commercial and
residential properties and remember when they
were eyesores, or worse, empty and boarded up. I
can look with pride at the Village's physical plant,
including our new public works complex and at our
electric power plants which continue to allow us to
enjoy low-cost power. And I am proud of our resi-dents
who have joined me in the fight to maintain
those low rates. I can see the miles of road work that
has-.been,.accomplishedj the streets that have been
raised. I can still be amazed at the millions of state
and federal funds we have attracted and the acres of
former Village land put on the tax rolls to hold down
our property taxes.
"I had many challenges when I first came to this
office. Most have been met, the rest are well on their
way. I have come to need new challenges and I now
have received them.Last Friday I'was offered the
opportunity to fill the vacant position of Deputy Com-missioner
of Planning and Economic Development
for the Town of Hempstead. I have accepted the job
and have been told I'm needed as soon as possible
after the first of the year. I expect to resign as Mayor
in the next 30 days.
"Upon my resignation, the Board of Trustees is
empowered to select a new Mayor who will hold that
seat until the first Monday in-April, when the candi-date
selected in the March election receives the oath
of office. "I have lived in Freeport all of my life and
Austine and I plan on remaining in our West Milton
Street home for a long time to come. I am concerned
about who will take over this job I know so well.
"One of the decisions I'm most happy to have
made as Mayor was to appoint Dorothy Storm to fill a
vacancy on this Board 12 years ago. She has ably
served as Deputy Mayor. I will recommend her
selection by the Board as interim Mayor.''
Mayor White was first elected to the Village Board
as a Trustee in 1969. He was appointed Deputy
Mayor by then Mayor Robert Sweeney for each year
of the four-year term. He successfully ran for Mayor
when Sweeney retired iif 1973'. He was re-elected in
1977 and again in 1981, when he ran on the platform
that the Village required a full-time Mayor rather
. than the part-time post it had been in the past.
Village Election, March 19, 1985
The Village will hold its general.
election on March 19, 1985. The
offices which will be voted upon
are Mayor, two Trustees and
Village Justice, each for a term
of four years. The positions
are currently held by William
White, Dorothy Storm, Alfred
Sirlin and Ralph Francos, re-spectively.
For an independent nominating
petition the number of required
signatures is 100. A-nominating
petition is needed by all can-didates
except those who are
nominated by a state-wide party.
The first day to file the in-dependent
nominating petition
with the Village Clerk is Febru-ary
19, 1985; the last day to file
.the independent nominating pe- ,
tition with the Village Clerk is
February 26, 1985. Please note
that the independent nominating
petition forms are not provided by
the Village Clerk. They must be
printed by the political organiza-tion
and must follow a form
mandated by the State Board of
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Trustees: Dorothy Storm. Alfred Sirlin. James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk : Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: John Schmidt
SAFETY is
an
by William Gillespie,
Village Safety Director
(EDITOR'S NOTE: It is noted
with sadness, thai Mr. Gillespie,
author of this column for the
past year, vvas stricken with a
atal heart attack last month.)
Winter weather often results in
major snowstorms, power fail-ures,
freeze ups, etc. which result
in heavy demand for emergency
services. The result may very well
be that you won't even be able to
get a message to your plumber,
electrician or handyman request-t-ing
a "house call."
Every teenager and adult mem^
her of the family should learn how
to handle utility emergencies.
Don't wait until you are knee
deep in water to find out how to
stem the tide.
Water is supplied by the Village
under pressure. If a pipe breaks it
will flow at full pressure until
someone shuts it off. You will find
a shut-off valve near the water
meter, usually in your basement.
Find it and try turning it off, and
you will find that you completely
shut off the water supply. Turn it
back on and tag the valve. In-struct
other family members of
your discovery so that they can
respond to an emergency. Once
the main pressure is shut off you
can attempt to localize the trouble.
If you have a hot water gusher
you will find a valve above the
water heater or, if you have in-stantaneous
hot water, over the
furnace. By closing this valve you
can turn off hot water without loss •
of cold water. Carefully tag this
valve.
Most homes with reasonably
good plumbing have handy shut
off valves under sinks and toilets.
Find them and make sure they
can be easily turned. A little lub-bricant
applied now will make life
easier in an emergency .
You already know how to shut
off your outside hose connection
but it won't hurt to tag these
valves for the benefit of other
family members. In the basement
you will also probably find other •
' hot and cold water shut-off valves
that will effectively shut off an
upstairs bathroom or a shower or
a tub. Trace the lines and tag the
valves so that you or a family
member can immediately cope'
with an emergency but continue
• to stay in the house until the
plumber arrives.
If you cook, heat water or heat
the house with gas, locate and
learn how to shut off the gas
supply in an emergency and tag
the shut-off valve. If you smell
gas, act promptly. If the smell is
not intense it may be that a pilot
light has gone out, but if that's
not it, vacate the house. Open
windows and doors. Don't use
any electric equipment, or light a
cigarette or pipe. Shut off the gas
supply and call LILCO from a
neighbor's house. Once the house
is vacated, don't be a hero and
reenter for any purpose until the
gas company says "okay."
If your electric range, or clothes
dryer begins to shoot sparks, or
an electric switch starts to smoke,
turn off the power at the main
switch located near your service
panel or fuse box. Your circuit
breakers or fuses should be prop-erly
labeled so that you can throw
the proper circuit switch or un-screw
the proper fuse once you
have localized the 'problem cir-cuit.
Locate the emergency switch to
shut off your oil burner. It is us-ually
located at the top of the
cellar, stairs and is frequently
colored red.
When checking circuit breakers
or fuses make sure you are stand-ing
on a dry surface. If the floor is
damp or wet, get a dry board. Use
only one hand and keep your free
hand away from any grounded
object such as a water pipe.
Keep a good flashlight near
your service panel since it may be
impossible to identify circuits-when
the light is bad. Keep
emergency phone numbers handy
near the phone and make sure the
list includes numbers for your
plumber, electrician and LILCO's
gas emergency division.
Homesteading Update
The Freeport Community De-;
velopment Agency is now in its
eighth year of involvement in
the federally-funded Homestead-ing
Program whereby formerly
boarded-up houses in the north-eastern
section of the Village are
rehabilitated and turned over to
new families who must reside in
them for five years in order to
obtain a clear deed.
Last month the Village Board of
Trustees approved the occupancy
.of eight additional such houses,
bringing to 91 the total of such
houses Homesteaded since the
program began in .1977.
Of the 46 families who have .
resided in their Homesteading
houses for five or more years,
only four have since sold the
properties. In two of those in-stances
the sales were neces-sitated
by job transfers.
The current price of a Home-steading
house is $30,000 with a
$300 down payment. Monthly
costs, including mortgage pay-back,
insurance and utilities,
average about $600.
The Community Development
is not currently accepting Home-steading
applications. When a
sufficient number of properties
are acquired by the Agency to
warrant a call for applications,
an announcement will be made in
the "Village News."
Arts Council Activities
The Arts Councfl at Freeport
is co-sponsoring winter work-shops
to be given in the evenings
at Hofstra University. The 10 to
12 week sessions begin in early
February.
Offered are Photography
Studio, Potter's Wheel, Begin-ning
Jewelry and Advanced
Jewelry. Fees are $190 for the
photography course and $120 for
the others. Cost of certain
materials is extra. Call the
Council at 223-2522 for further
information.
The Council will present the
Negro Ensemble Company's pro-duction
of "A Soldiers Play," on
Saturday, February 16, 8:30 pm,
at the Freeport High School.
The mystery, currently a film,
was the winner of the .1982
Pulitzer Prize and New York
Drama Critics Circle. Tickets are
$12 each and may be obtained
by calling the Council.
Thoughtless Acts Cost You Money
Does your child have a "Stop"
sign in his or her room? Do you
think it's "cute?" IT CER-TAINLY
IS EXPENSIVE. That
sign cost you, the taxpayer,
over $100 in materials and labor.
A street sign is even more
costly to replace.
Too, there may be an additional
cost to the "Stop" sign that
isn 't where it is supposed to be —
a human life.
The replacement of- such items
constitutes a large portion of
the Department of Public Works'
street sign budget. If such
thoughtless acts were to cease,
the Village's expenditures,
and resulting taxes,.could be re-duced
correspondingly. •
At the present time the Public
Works Department has notifed
the Freeport Police Department
that numerous signs in the area
south of Atlantic Avenue between
South Long Beach and Guy Lom-bardo
Avenue have been cut off.
or marked with graffiti. Patrol
cars are on the lookout for the
vandals in that area as well as
in others.
It is important for parents to
realize that under the law they
can be held responsible for their
children's malicious and de-structive
acts. The New York
State law says, in part: "The
parent or legal guardian...of a
child over 10 years and less than
18 years, when the child will-fully,
maliciously or unlawfully
damages or destroys real or per-sonal
property owned or main-tained
by another MUST BE
HELD LIABLE for the damage or'
destruction in a civil action...''
Such acts as graffiti and
vandalism, while not unique to.
•Freeport, should be of -concern •
to every resident for.it is costing
money, both directly and in-directly.
A scarred, unattractive
business district does not attract
new investors to broaden the tax
base. Public property must
either be replaced through tax
dollars, or go unreplaced in such
areas as parks, depriving resi-dents
of its usage.
Home Energy Assistance Program
The Nassau County Depart-ment
of Social Services has
asked all communities to dis-tribute
the following information
about the Home Energy As-sistance
Program (HEAP) and
other fuel emergency programs.
HEAP is financed by a federal
grant to states to assist low-in-come
households meet the costs
of home energy. It is state super-vised
and locally administered.
Applicants must meet eligibility
criteria based upon gross income
and household size. Documenta-tion
of income and living ar-rangements
are required.
Income guidelines run from a
gross monthly income of $747
for a family of one, to a gross
monthly income of $2,580 for a
family of 10. Those deemed,
eligible can receive $250 ($200 for.
natural gas or wood coal) or $155
for households where heat is in-cluded
in the rent. In most cases
a two-party check, made out to
the client and fuel dealer,, will
be issued toward purchase of
fuel. Application should be made
in person at the Unemployment
Insurance Benefit Office, North
Main jStreet at Randall Avenue.
Persons 60 years of age or older
may mail in applications to
County Department of Senior
Citizen Affairs. Seniors should
call 431-8531 for further infor-mation.
In addition families or
individuals (over age 60 or dis-abled)
whose fuel/energy costs
amount to 30% or more than
their annual gross income may-be
eligible for an additional
HEAP benefit. Call the above
number for further information.
Other fuel emergency pro-grams
include Emergency As-sistance
.for Families (to meet;
emergency needs of families with
children under age 21 who have
no resources immediately avail-able
to them); Emergency As-sistance
For Adults (for SSI
recipients); and Emergency
Home Relief (for when an in-dividual
or family is facing a
fuel emergency and does not
meet the requirements of any
other programs).
For further information, call
the County's Heat Line, 535-4826
and 4827, weekdays, 9 am to
4:45 pm.
Village Elections
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Elections and must contain a
political name and an emblem. .
Registration day for the Vil-lage
Election is Saturday, March
9, 1985. Registration will be at
Village Hall, 46 North Ocean
Avenue, from noon to 9 pm.
If you voted in the general
election in November or any
general or county election during
the past four years, it will not be
necessary for you to register for
the Village Election. If your name
is on the County'rolls you will
automatically be registered with
the Village. If you are not on the
rolls you may register if you are
(a) A citizen of the United States,
(b) Will be a resident of the
State and the Village for at least
30 days prior to the Election, and
(c) Will be 18 years of age or over-by
Election Day. If you have only,
voted in the Village Election
.two years ago and no other
Election since, you . must re-register
for this election in order
to vote.
The Village Election will be
held on March 19, 1985, from 7
am to 9 pm, at your regular
neighborhood polling place for'
each of the Village's Election
Districts.
You may vote by Absentee
Ballot if you will not be- in the
County on Election Day and un-able
to appear at the polling place
in person, or if you are confined
to a hospital or institution due to
a disability. In order to vote by
Absentee Ballot you must file
an application for an Absentee
Ballot with the Village Clerk not
later than close of business on
March 5,. 1985 if the ballot is
to be mailed to the absentee
voter, and not later than March
18 if the application is delivered
in person to Village Hall Dy the
voter or his or her agent. The
application forms for Absentee
Ballots are available at the
Office of the Village Clerk, 46
North Ocean Avenue, Freeport.
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