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VOL. 34 NO. 32 Wednesday, August 19,1987 30« PER COPY
Ocean Avenue Roadwork
Announced Nassau County Executive
Thomas S. Gulotta and
H e m p s t e a d P r e s i d i ng
Supervisor Joseph N. Mon-dello
today announced that
a contract has been awarded
to provide lor the first phase
of a comprehensive county
road resurfacing program
which will include work on
Ocean Avenue from Sunrise
Highway in Lynbrook to
Herrick Drive, East Rock-away,
The contract is part of a
multi-million dollar road
r e s u r f a c i n g p r o g r am
approved recently by the
Nassau County Board of
Supervisors.
"Each year the County
provides for a systemic
resurfacing of major roads
in order to maintain the high
Police Blotter
EAGLE SCOUT HONORED. Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Joseph N. Mondello (2nd right) and Hempstead
Town Supervisor Gregory P. Peterson (left) present a Town
citation to George Dierna, of East Rockaway, who was
recently awarded the Eagle Scout badge. Scout Dierna is a
member of Troop #332. Also pictured is Edward Schenk of
East Rockaway, Committee Chairman.
The 4th squad reports the
details ol a serious auto
accident that occurred at the
intersection of Rhame Ave.
and Phipps Ave., East
Rockaway at 5:42 P.M.
August 13.
Valuations Increase Slightly
T h e 1987-88 N a s s au
C o u n t y school tax roll
reached $3,924,623,106 of
t a x a b l e v a l u a t i o n , an
increase of $89,379,581 from
t h e 1986-87 f i g u r e of
$3,835,243,525 or 2.330 per-cent,
according to a report
released today by Abe Sel-din.
Chairman of the Nassau
County Board of Assessors.
T h e East R o c k a w ay
School District saw a
1.085% increase, $216,771,
in taxable v a l u a t i o n to
$20,187,456, while the Lyn-brook
School District had
an increase of .663%, or
$366,993, to a total taxable
valuation of $55,684,595.
Both districts realized a net
decrease in assessed valua-tion;
East Rockaway saw a
decrease of $105,392 to a
t o t a l $21,166,975, while
• L y n b r o o k s e t t l e d at
$58,860,064, a decrease of
$563,046.
These figures are the basis
for school taxes in Nassau
County for the coming 1987-
88 school year. They include
all but one ol Nassau Coun-ty's
school districts. The
Glen Cove school district
levies its taxes based on the
tax roll prepared by the City
of Glen Cove.
"'! he increase is a little
smaller than last year's, but
still the second largest in
more than two decades,"
Seldin said. "An increase in
taxable assessed value helps
offset any increases in
spending and keeps the tax
rale from going up as much
as il the school district's tax-able
assessed value remains
the same or goes down," he
continued.
$27.5 million in new
assessed value primarily
represents new construction
in the county between May
I, 1986 and May I, 1987.
Most of the increase, more
than $80 million in taxable
value, came f r om the second
year of a five-year phase in
of new assessed values
placed on existing commer-cial
and industrial proper-ties
last year. This phase is
required by state law.
Some of the new con-s
t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t s which
swelled Nassau County's
1987-88 school tax roll
include a development of
luxury single-family homes
in Brookville, warehouses in
Port Washington and Plain-view,
office buildings in
Roslyn and condominiums
and townhouses in Latting-ton.
East Meadow, Long
Beach, Atlantic Beach and
North Hills.
There was also an offset-ting
decrease of $22,077,359
in the assessed value of spe-cial
franchise property. Spe-cial
franchise is the assess-ment
which serves as the
basis for property taxes util-ities
like LILCO and the tel-ephone
company pay for the
right to run their poles and
wires on streets and other
public rights of way. 1 he
New York State Division of
Equalization and Assess-ment,
makes these assessed
value determinations. The
d e c r e a s e came about
because of a change in the
method of assessing this
type of equipment put into
ellect by the state Division
o f E q u a l i z a t i o n a nd
Assessment.
The five school districts
with the greatest increase in
taxable value are: Mineola,
7.050 percent; Uniondale,
5.844 percent; Roslyn, 5.075
percent; Syosset CSD 2,
4.973 percent; and Carle
Place, 4.689 percent.
Only three school districts
had decreases in total taxa-ble
value: Old Bethpage, -
0.664 percent; Hempstead, -
0.546 percent; and Malverne,
-0.288 percent.
Catherine Quinn, 71 of
419-25 Atlantic Ave., East
Rockaway was crossing
Rhame Ave. east bound
when she was struck by a
south bound 1985 Plymouth
operated by Matthew Sulli-van,
.18, of 46 East Blvd.,
East Rockaway.
r . Ms. Quinn was admitted
t o S. Nassau Hospital,
Oceanside in critical condi-tion
with spinal injuiries.
The car was impounded for
testing. No charges have
been filed.
T h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n is
continuing.
A stationary store in East
Rockaway was robbed of
$200 at 2:05 pm on 8/16/87
Eva Kibloth, the clerk at
J a c k ' s S t a t i o n a r y , 276
Atlantic Ave., East Rocka-
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standards which our resi-dents
expect and deserve,"
Gulotta and Mondello said.
"We are pleased that a con-tract
has been awarded and
we would anticipate that the
actual road resurfacing will
commence shortly in the
affected areas."
In addition to the road
work in East Rockaway and
Lynbrook, the first phase
includes resurfacing in the
f o l l o w i n g areas: Austin
Boulevard, Island Park
from Long Beach Road to
Long Beach Boulevard;
Long Beach Road, Ocean-
Village Receives Grant
To Enforce Drinking Laws
Mayor William P. Geier
has announced the forma-tion
of the "21 Enforcement
Project" of the Lynbrook
Police Department to assist
in the prevention of the sale
of alcohol to minors.
The program, made pos-sible
by a grant in the
amount of approximately
$3,300 from the New York
State Department of Motor
Vehicles, will allow for
plainclothes surveillance of
e s t a b l i s h m e n t s h o l d i ng
liquor licenses. Officers of
t h e L y n b r o o k Police
D e p a r t m e n t will inspect
these businesses at irregular
hours to determine whether
sales of alcoholic beverages
to minors are being made.
"Alcohol abuse among
teenagers is a serious prob-lem
that demands our atten-tion,"
stated Mayor Geier.
"While most businesses
adhere to the laws prohibit-ing
sales of alcohol to
minors, there are some that
c o n t i n u e to put profits
above the welfare of our
children. This program is
designed to ensure that no
one under the age of 21 is
allowed to purchase alcohol
in the Village."
The "21 Enforcement
Project" is aimed not only at
bars and restaurants, but
delicatessens holding liquor
licenses as well. All persons
caught selling alcoholic bev-erages
to minors wil| be
arrested or given appear-ance
tickets, and reports of
the arrests will be made
available to the media.
"Laws are ineffective
without adequate enforce-ment,"
concluded Mayor
Geier. "With the help of this
grant, local businesses will
be on notice that sales of
a l c o h o l i c b e v e r a g e s to
minors will not be tolerated
in the Village of Lynbrook."
side, from Mott Street to
Kildare Road; Long Beach
Road, Rockville Centre,
from DeMott Avenue to
Woodbridge Road; Park
Avenue, Rockville Centre,
from Ocean Avenue to Park
P l a c e ; and R o c k a w ay
Parkway, Valley Stream,
from Merrick Road to Cor-ona
Avenue.
Under the county road
resurfacing program, . the
lowest responsible bidder...
in this instance, Hendrick-son
Brothers, Inc., will "fill,
smooth and restore the
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Funding Available For
Senior Home Rehabilitation
by Emma Tolmach
The Village of East Rock-away,
in conjunction with
the Nassau County Office of
Housing and Intergovern'
mental Affairs, is offering a
total of $40,000 in home
r e h a b i l i t a t i o n grants to
senior citizens for 1987-88.
This marks the third year
that the grant program is
being made available by the
Division of Community
Development.
The announcement was
made by Mayor Irving Shaw
at the Monday, August 10,
1987, meeting of the East
Rockaway Village Board.
The rehabilitation fund-ing
is directed towards
assisting senior and handi-capped
citizens with a
limited or s u b s t a n d a rd
income, and whose homes
are in need of repair. In the
two previous years, the Vil-lage
has provided a total of
$50,000 to senior and handi-capped
residents.
Qualified residents are
urged to contact the Village
Clerk's office, located in the
Village Hall, 376 Atlantic
Avenue, East Rockaway,
between the hours of 9 am
and 4:45 pm. They may also
call the Clerk's Office at 599-
1211. Interested persons will
be referred to the Nassau
County rehabilitation spe-cialist
for evaluation of their
eligibility and needs.
LYNBROOK DESIGNATED A BICENTENNIAL
COMMUNITY. Mayor William Geier accepts a proclama-tion
from Louise Janet Campbell (left), who is co-chairing
the Lynbrook Constitution Committee with Art Mattson.
Louise Campbell, who is joined by Mark Gold (right) of the
Constitution Committee, presented the proclamation on
behalf of the Committee. The award was sent by the Com-mission
on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitu-tion
in Washington D.C., and designated the Village of
Lynbrook as an official Bicentennial Community because of
the formation of the Lynbrook Constitution Committee,
and the events planned by the Committee to celebrate the
200th Anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.