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FSEBPORT ilEEJORUL
144 W HERRICK RD
FREEPORT f|Y 11520
76th Year, No. 40 Freeport, N.Y. 11520 The Community Newspaper Thursday, October 6, 2011 75$
Homes: lost and found...
by Douglas Finlay
Diane Christiansen and family, who
live on Bay Street south of Atlantic
Avenue in Freeport, went to Islip after
orders came to evacuate from the pend-ing
steel grip of Hurricane Irene.
But when they came back to their
house on Sunday, "the water had most-ly
receded by then," she told this news-paper.
The odor was dank, the first floor
completely soppy, she remembers,
because much of the first floor of her
home had been deluged by seawater.
Waist-deep water had engulfed the
entire neighborhood, in fact, where no
homeowner was left unscathed.
But within days "the floors began to
come up." As a house without a base-ment,
a crawl space beneath the floor
had swelled with water. Now wood was
popping out of the floors, buckling, and
her home became a dangerous place to
LINGERING DEBRIS: Debris outside a house is a tell-tale sign to FEMA workers
there may have been significant damage inside the house, and owners may be enti-tled
to federal money to restore.
live, she continued. And mold was
forming and crawling up the walls.
"We knew we couldn't stay," she
reflected. She called her insurance com-pany
and they sent adjusters as quickly as
they could, but it wouldn't alleviate the
damage before they found themselves
looking for refuge with friends.
"Homeless" is what neighbor Debra
Cozzetto across the street called the
Christiansen family.
Stories like these were not uncommon
as Federal Emergency Management
Agency workers went door-to-door last
week canvassing south Freeport to edu-cate
and urge residents to register for fed-eral
disaster assistance, after the govern-ment
declared Nassau County a disaster
area because of Hurricane Irene.
They are also canvassing areas of
Bellmore, Merrick, Wantagh, Seaford and
Baldwin, communities all declared disas-ter
areas.
continued, on page 9
THE LEIVA FAMILY CUTS THE RIBBON on their new home, aided by County
Executive Ed Mangano (left) and Freeport Mayor Hardwick on right.
Leader photo by Chris McBride
by Chris McBride
A ribbon-cutting ceremony in Freeport
at 98 Weberfield Avenue marks another
home run scored for the Community
Development Corporation of Long Island
(CDC) and the Incorporated Village of
Freeport.
So far the CDC has acquired five and
finished renovating four foreclosed prop-erties
in Freeport as part of the "Reclaim
Long Island Homes" program. Many
more potential renovated homes will
become available in the future through
the same program.
Ivan Leiva's family including his chil-dren
Ivan, daughter Ivania and a grand
daughter will now have a home they can
call their own after renting in Freeport for
25 years.
Mr. Leiva told The Leader that "It is a
dream-come-true that he has wished for,
a long time.
He also suggested to other families like
his if you need the help "Apply for it and
it will work, you just have to do it."
The Leiva family is especially thankful
to Emilia Pacheco at the CDC who gave
them his devoted assistance throughout
the whole process.
He said 'The whole process took about
8 months. We put down an $11,000
deposit, paid about $14,000 in closing
costs and now have an affordable mort-gage
of under $100,000 through Astoria
Federal Savings Bank." It is a SONYMA
3.5% mortgage interest rate he received
with a credit score of 752.
Mr. Leiva also said taxes for the new
property owner are about $8,500 a year
and although that may go up, he is sure
he can afford it.
The family found out about this oppor-tunity
from the HOC Orientation seeking
First Time Homebuyer education. He
found out about Reclaim Long Island
Homes when he came to the
NeighborhoodWorks® HomeOwnership
Center.
continued on page 3
NAMES MAKE THE NEWS: Read about your neighbors! 63 local people's names were in your community newspaper this past week Maybe yours is in this week! See inside.
First Baptist
fish fry
page 2
New principal at
BMS
page 5
Freeport
library fair
page 6
Sporting Devils
page 8
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 2011-10-06 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2011 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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