Bethpage-Tribune_1980-05-15

              BETHPAGE OLD BETHPAGE PLAINVIEW
ISLAND TREES PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 14 NO. 48 For The Week of May 15 - May 21, 1980 20 cents per copy
Cut In Grumman Taxes Will Affect Bethpage
Estelle Wenig discusses current loss of revenues to Bethpage School
District due to Grumman's reassessment with Assemblyman Lewis
J. Yevoli.
by Estelle Wenig
Bethpage School board
members, similar to other Board
of Education members through­out
Nassau County, are now
faced with additional problems
as they prepare their new
budgets-the loss of revenues
caused by the massive tax shift
from commercial to residential
property (resulting in a loss of
$750,000 in Bethpage due to
Grumman's reassessment) and
the rising costs of inflation.
Both Dr. John Sommi, Superin­tendent
of Bethpage Schools and
Anthony LoFaso, School Board
President expressed their con­cern
on what the effects of the
loss of revenues caused by
Grumman's reassessment would
mean to Bethpage taxpayers~an
increase of $1.53 per hundred
(approximately $107 per year on
a home assessed at $7,000). For
that reason, they have con­tinuously
sent out letters to Beth­page
residents urging them to
send letters and telegrams to
local state legislators; namely
Assemblyman Lewis J. Yevoli,
Senators Ralph Marino and Owen
Street Closings
Contracts I002-3-B-1 I Bethpage Laterals]
Belmont Avenue from Stewart Street to Nathan Drive, Con­tinuing
to Pamela Court to Old Country Road.
Nathan Drive from Belmont Avenue to Sterling Court
Sterling Court to Nathan Drive to Deadend.
Pamela Court, Belmont Avenue to Deadend
Surrey Lane, Berkshire Road to Cheshire Road to Devon Road, to
Eileen Avenue to Janet Drive
Janet Drive from Eileen Avenue to Old Country Road
Lincoln Road South to Meryll Place to Grohmane Lane
Lincoln Road West from Meryll Place to Stewart Street
Stewart Street, Lincoln Road West to FMH n 323
Stewart Street to Lincoln Road West to Lincoln Road East
Pine Avenue, Evergreen Blvd. to P'loral Avenue
Contract// 1002-3-L-l I Levittown Laterals I
Hunt Road from Wuntagh Ave. to Woodbridge Lane
Spiral Lane from Sprucewood Lane to Wood Lane
Red Maple from Wanfagh Avenue to Return Lane
Miller Place from Wantagh Ave. to Exit Lane
NOTE: Subject to change due to weather conditions or other un­foreseen
occurrences.
Johnson; insisting that they take
action to discontinue the shifting
of the tax burden from com­mercial
property to the private
home owner. Dr. Sommi also has
suggested that Bethpagers write
to Assemblyman Stanley
Fink,2249 East 70th Street in
Brooklyn, New York who is the
chairman of the committee
studying this problem.
Because of the declining school
enrollment in Bethpage, Pine
Avenue School is scheduled to
close this September reducing
the number of staff members by
approximately 10 per cent.
However, due to escalating costs
of fuel, affecting the costs of bus
transportation and heating added
to rising Social Security and
retirement payments, school
board members are desperately
trying to trim the budget for the
current year without affecting
the quality of education. The
school budget will be presented
on Wednesday, June 11 to the
residents of Bethpage for voting.
Assemblyman Lewis Yevoli
stated that he publicly broke with
the leaders of his political party
regarding the state's property
tax law and voted "no" to reass­essment.
"Long Island home­owners
pay the highest real
property taxes in the country" he
said. "The Senate had already
passed a bill removing this anti­quated
law from the books." The
court decision declaring this
practice illegal sent Shockwaves
through municipalities and
created the fear of increased real
estate taxes for homeowners,"
Yevoli added. Yevoli had voted
for legislature eliminating the 192
year old State Law overcoming
the court ordered full value
assessment. Unfortunately, the
measure was defeated by a vote
of 65 in favor and 71 against.
Yevoli stated that he is certain
that it will be back before the end
of the Legislative Session and is
hopeful that it will pass the next
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time.
Nassau County Special Counsel
for legislative liasion, Douglas
Hynes has currently been
working closely with Senator
Marino. Hynes said that Senator
Marino has introduced legislation
to provide for an additional ap­portionment
to the Bethpage
School District." The new legis­lation,"
Hynes said "also sets
forth a formula for calculating
the additional aid." "In addi­tion,"
Hynes added, "Senator
Marino has also introduced new
legislation to amend the Educa­tion
Law to grant additional aid
to any school district suffering
from a decrease in tax
revenues." Both bills have been
referred to the Senate Education
Committee.
The Grumman settlement
represents the first step«that will
probably be followed by a flood of
action by other businesses in
Bethpage and throughout Nassau
County. Unless this tide is
stemmed by the state legislature,
Bethpage homeowners will un­doubtedly
face further tax in­creases.
EVELYN EPPNER [right] displays grand prize for Third Annual
Bethpage Bike-A-Thon for Cystic Fibrosis in memory of Pamela to
be held at Central Boulevard School this Sunday starting at 11:30
p.m. The ten speed bicycle is being donated by the Queens County
Savings Bank, Manager Catherine Brown of Plainview branch is on
the left.
100 YEARS YOUNG: Oyster Bay Town Councilman Salvatore R.
Mosca presents a citation to Annie Fisher of Bethpage on the oc­casion
of her 100th birthday. The mother of seven, with 23 grand­children
and 25 great-grandchildren, enjoys crocheting and playing
the piano is her spare time.