The-Leader_1980-02-21

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'MthYEAR.No.43 . FREEPORT.NEWYOniC. FEBRUARY 21.1?80 PRICE 2G*P£R COP/
School Budget
Planning Sessions
FHEEPORT -.The third in •
series of .fbor open Budget
Fluudng Sesdons schedokd .by
the-Freepott Board oT. Edncation^
.win be held thutsday. febnisry
'28.\&1S piii<: in the Atfcinsoo:
.-Sdiocrf on V7est Seaman Avenue.
- Tlie mieeiQiis wiU cova- Hems hi
rthe School District's 1980-81
-~:'Badget . FtonigMl * deieUag < witb
I aiternste scfaoalaj' $pec3s! - edc-
''cation, insircdiond admisi^tr^-
tion and supendsjoc:. •
k The fourth wacricsiiopscseSaa on
Thuriday. l l c xb 20, also jai 6:15
pin at AtUnsoa Scbod, will csvei'
. the district's histzudioiuJ support
^stafT, staBing and tncsportcHpn,
;been'.sdieto
•April'
AUewsM€Boh&ld$i
YKEEPOVrr • *ni£ 3:296 cavs oa W^i Mehidc Good ptoak i s tbi
Fteeport Elks Qab p,x»erty wire resxaecl from Bcsbtss "AA" tv
Budn^ss "&" at a'spedd mseting of tbe.Vilkg^-BocDd 'ef J^ottsei!
luld SctutYlay cxtemcpn, Rbroaiy 16. ThVmeetmg, cntqnsd|bst two
days {vior, wu dde to plans aS members of ths board ts tste viss&xs
iai.Februcw. Mayo?. William H. . • ;: - •.• V;:" ~.. -r
White'sEid he:.wanted all fivt
members tc bs preseni^fOT'the:
discussion. The bocrd's decinoa
to rezoae was by 4-1, a vote need-ed
to counteract an ecrlierdsci-don
by ths Nassau County Flan-nicg
Bo£rd whidi opposed the
eppU::cnts' request,
calling it
Ordinrwas reqiiltiiijg ibawi p^*A.'
ing th£Z):'is', 'pMsentiy„ re^P**§>'
- under Boaness "B" iomig.'Kiw.i
the reqnireiadnt is Jijjr ooe^^^iriC' ;.-
span for every 400 sqifateficefa? '
store. The appticsnts'.picpcssl
present^ stnrars - 137 nieces,
which is ss&iciectjmder-tae vil­lage's
ptesent'code.. Z
AWAITI
Apl}29rSil5pm.in^wmE«^rt \afJernQ5n jtneaTtfng, paves t!)e..v/ay~ forlna razing 6? th'a three'stqry rawe^ihaa,
Hlgli*_iW»ooI'.SuditoSum. The 'village'landrnfcrl;. and the'co^istructlor. of a^^WfcDonald's ftsj fooS_'fi»-"jr=s'
budjiit yote is set fisTV/edaes' —* '""' '"' ' —"—• "—• -• ••-^•' • '''j'- '—•
siwtiotdng.*'n
'' fii wder ta bypass ^ County ,'., "As triiteUYeiy actUite3^b££b(«
^ _ ]Qcn^g';!Eo«itl's*YeoQmntenda<>'^I previous'public xfee^D^
^;k^..^tt:!Sr,4h#VniageBoird-^whidi Bcnrd,'0u[--d»e]q^S^p|i^ is
. \
day, Mcy 14.
Oof
feslaursnVr an ofilce^qf national Bant, of North'America end retEll'
stores. ^ '." '-. J-; (LEADER pholaby Evan :<6ll3.')
C6ntii»ersyOverBMil0gVioiatibn>\
-'JFREEPOBT^Obfte eve cfa court hearing fai Supreme Court dealing
._ , -FBEEPOHT - The. hew Heed T»iih c o n ^ n s at 1 littleBae Strcrt', Helen Bosati. a volunteer faiter-
- ^^-Stcct Center. ct~J4: North^^Maic^ Ipreter for the tenants, told>THB LEADER that the eie^-apartmest
" - . - . . - 'rfeadcondi-cetemoida
werc'siOase Mayor
" ".l^^lUata H.'White; John Kearse,
;" execciivs-" director' of Nassau
;'£iowf^'£OC; ~1El«aaor'.T(dl>ezt, -
• 'dircttwrof the-FreepsHt'HJsad
Sttti'C^^be;; aad^Jose Seodra,
.'- "*ia»cfiti"s"dir«3br rf^ Freeport
V -. JToIbest/'if )ft> lies tiesfi diieciar
a- fo^the'pcst.djght^yeaxs, .Totalled
0C3 v^idi, from
LTi;.tiiei:ti&S;fsb6^first came to her
^k]^^';shp>r«aled fi) =hoge.
- .ITlie o i l Head Stcrt^C-snter,'
"Ti^at'descnbed, Vwas tcro store
b^o&i^as^, Sunrise Highvcy...
< Bect^s^'we. difn't fiavs thf^
sT^«^,'*-j6e youngstas werW
^'' aUowedtaruetnebad^arG-ofthe
'* mln&ter's .hocse.Nnom the
Frdnqrt fifetbodist Cfaurch'tT'Eich
' adjoSedt^bu^'oftheftdlding.
Tbeiipi^Tittelf also was limited
becimwlwe.jteclly.~aeed*d four
' da»irocaiss-:aad' A^^ ;onIy. 'had
three;- ft frisb Iad»id;.win1^rws...
(T7bmi)tc':young cliildren...ars
•resident's
claims, esd-wfaen sh^ hasten oompUictTifgulMige^hi'the alley•
oo.Hisr list.'she will diVnlge ad-^-. way, .'Building Department' in-dfesses^
publidy^ Eosati," whosg):, spectors'notioedL other.violations
ptimcry'concemattfiii'timsis'to' in the public sectors of the bouse.
find other hoo^g for ths ^30-odd
'tcnants.-Ibleinss thcr milage of
Fre^mt fcr',illowing ths condi­tions
to eidst.
Two of ths tenants have r»-
centfy relocated, on-their."own.'
Rosati said,' but the r»t of ths
23 adults ud eight ddldreu'
.might be forc^ tc move'afier a '
court hearing scheduled for
Wetinesdty.Tebniaiy 20, before
Judge Paul K*Sy. The building's
landlord. Flrapa Co:?, of Wldte-
' stone,\Qneeiu, is-2che^uled to
apiear on a .shot? cacse order
Insdtuted by the vlCage. Trap:.
miist" teU" flie oopit ^phy-they
beGevethe bdlding should not be
.vacatod^'- -:''", •'-'"• • ^-'" '.^-^ "^-'-:
; According'to Rocati, she has
been .aware of. problems is the.
Ihteestory r dwelling since
. . . ._ ,, ,. 1976. HovTCver, village hntbowi-
«?*«iCi|iBdjLtecllea<Singaidea»_ties-describeri^ go'
w^-!'">. 'V „ ,^„ -bade to 1971 wben-the village's
The Tiew Freepoc^ Head Stari Building Department first sttrted
Center is V two-stoty Jmildmg tor complain of code vioUtidns.
withylenty of wmdows. FormS^ Repeatedly, the landlords — past
thejy^h^Mrln.JStrtetjg^^acLi^na:presfef''"were'oi'deieu'tu"
beefilaw'ahf engiheering cpEBce. make •-repairs and. appaienUy
It wastmcor the 12 buildings that did so. During the past two years,
had been reviewed during the - - - - - —
prevlocs debt years as a possible
site. The others had b^en uther
inadequate or too costly, Tolbert
said.
' In h;r q u ^ for a site, Tolbat
iaid she oontacied BiQy McCall.
. . fCont.onP£2«l2)
in &ct, the village pnUed Frapa
Corp. into its munidpcl court
eight times for vidatiora of tbe
village cod?j prisiarily in plumV
'mg. Appaixrctly, wlule repair:;
wer^ made, violating circum­stances
kept occurring.
In September.. 1979 wtnle in-
WUls they were tbne,.a tenant
also -^proaclisd ^diem- and
shov^ed uem violatiohs in her
apartment. VHIage spdcespenons
note that, entrance, into private
apartments'mu^ he hy invitatioa '
of the tenant. J' -. ^
At that point,' the village noti-
,fisd Frapa Cor^. by mail thst they*
sTcre jn violcticn of the viHace
code of ordinances and that the'
buSSbg^was "unsafe end dan-,
^rous."'Superiotendent'of Bu-Z
ildiags David Lovejoy told ths I
Icndlofd in witting, tlu> if tS»
violatiocs were. not corrected,'^
legal' prppssdkigs would' t»e^
; start2di-r-:~-r:->•:;::;-."; --^'i:'
rAcccri^ig'ta vEage sbuices,-'
some- o6nrectioL3 were' begun.
However, ^ u t tfcref weeks ago.
. fldodiag iato' stores unde: the'
apaittnents :ccused the_ village^
' lyater^Dtj^RmeEi' to^^shut oST
several mains leading into the
entire building.The water flood­ing
onto electrical connections'
*"*?.*?.^!i thej>cwer Jig^.and
"tCere "'wa5~ticige"r~a;
fire. -Heat was non-existeit-because
thjre t/cs. therefoie, no
water in tiie boiler. - -
Heidi Rocati tried to find some
official agency Ciat coul'l lids lur
relocated the tcnsits or at least,
a:; she e:^ialaed toVHE LZADEH
at the time, provids then- with
.temponuy hodong. The tenants
(Cent, on page 10}
a^majoihy or at feast'
"i %tes._,Tr&iee AI"
Sirlin 'cast the sole dissenting,
vote..Saturday. While .not op-,"
posing^ the jproposal^ to'build a
McDonald'r. a bank and other
stores on tiie site, Siiiin^felt a
better way to go woald be to
change the present "AA" zcs&ig
to make it less lestricUre, but to
stipulate size of stores etc.-^ .::
Two of-the more controversial,
elements of^ttae plan, njddi. the
Board* discussed with thej'de- ,
velopecs « ^ 'were present,
concerned parking and .the'size'
of the stores. T
., Fdlowing .. approval -i of ^the-;
'devdopers s... applicatkn, , the
trustees ' unenimonsly,'* directed.
SiTperistendenf of fBnildtngs^
David Lovejoy mid IMrectn'of
Community. Development Erie
ilen^hill^to bring'back p ^tm
reoommendatioos - for, ansnd-'
meats to tbs^ village's Code of
In twQ'^todes'for-tfae^I^stkm^
BadtdTNodhAmeika, and three'
'units .of tiktSi '^iorei of J2,00O
square feet, 7,600,cqaarefcet and *
830sqmtt«feer^
.Lovejoy and'* HeolpidD ^wer&
also directed to tecBfrnnsd to tiie
board'cfaaages in'tfaVAsiasss:
"B" zone that would'ensoMi tluit
store frimtages would art be Iczs
, than 20 feet or thatvsadi state:
would be^ a tninhnmn^ of' lyMQ
^sqn£re;;teet.,Tiie teosnoends-tloos~
are returnable by.Mcidi 1,
^ The tize'of;tiie stows were s
ooacem of the trastees. .Sblio,
at one point, said that fi stiing of
.'"20.!:ji»t'-^stoce3*waald''be 4be
' death knell of theJfaeegortMag."
i:^ The trustee 8aid« better ^rriuige-ment
would be ail iuidiae state of
Isss t ban 5.000 sqnarefeet., •
,.T Morris SuasmccroBSflf tbetm
-^dn^^opecS'^THh George BdBrij,
aaid he wooldliope to^get fiom
_(Cont.onPtiee12)''
CENTER OF A LEGAL CONTOOVERS*.' ti^ hoine to SMTB 33 adulti<
an^ c^Hdreii.-tatMs three story^b^lCElinj.onithc c?>]ner of|Li*t^
Street end the Mall*. According to village ofi'lclals. th'e owne/ -r Fra.^t
Corp. of VVhitestone.^ Queens — has receiv^'elght sumtnohs Tn the
-past twu yeus fo'r violating village ordhiances. The landlord is o'us -
b=ck in court Wednesday. February 20, in response to a shov.- cause '
order.broucht by the village, es to wtiy Uie tuiiUiog chouid not t>e -
vacateci. - -' ' ' '••: fl^\DER paoto by Evan IvsIIer):^