Senator Moves Office To Freeport
As of December 28, the dis-trict
office of State Senator
Norman Levy is located in Free-port.
The elected state official
represents the 8th Senatorial
District which includes South
Baldwin, ^Freeport, Merrick, th« r"BeHmores*; -'the Massapequas,
Wantagh, Seaford and runs as
far north as Farmingdale.
Senator -Levy's former district
office was located in Rockville
Centre. The Senator is a resident
of Merrick.
The new office is located at 30
South Ocean Avenue which is
between Sunrise Highway and
Pine Street. The new phone
number, not known as this
writing, can be obtained by call-ing
the former number, 766-7472.
In welcoming Senator Levy,
Mayor William White pointed out
that the new district office could
have been located anywhere with-in
the large senatorial district.
"We are very pleased that our
Village was chosen. The move
confirms Senator Levy's often ex-pressed
confidence in the future
of Freeport."
Village Election, March 15, 1983
The Village will hold its general
election on March 15, 1983. The
offices which will be voted upon
are two Trustees for a term of four
years. The positions are currently .
held by C. James" Clark and
Vincent DiCostanzo.
For an independent nominating
petition the number of required
signatures is 100. A nominating
petition is needed by all candi-dates
except those who are nom-inated
by a state-wide party. The
first day to file the independent
nominating petition with the Vil-lage
Clerk is February 15, 1983;
the last day to file the independ-ent
nominating petition with the
Village Clerk is February 22,
1983. Please note that the in-dependent
nominating petition
forms are not provided by the
Village Clerk. They must be
printed by the political organ-ization
and must follow a form
mandated by the State Board of
Elections and must contain a
political name and an emblem.
Registration day for the Vil-lage
Election is Saturday, March
5, 1983. 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 two 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 18 years of age or
over by Election Day, and (c) Will
be a resident of the State and the
Village for at least 30 days prior to
Election. If you 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 15, 1983, from 7
am to 9 pm, at your regular
neighborhood polling place for
each of the Village's 26 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 con-fined
to a hospital or institution
due to a disability. In order to
vote by Absentee Ballot you must
file an application for an Ab-sentee
Ballot with the Village
Clerk, not before February 15
and not later than close of busi-ness
on March 1. The applications
for Absentee Ballots are expected
to be available by February 1 at
the Office of the Village Clerk, 46
North Ocean Avenue, Freeport.
SUPPORT
YOUR LOCAL MERCHANTS
Homesteading Update
Freeport's federally funded
Urban Homesteading Program is
now entering its sixth year. Some
75 one-family houses, once
boarded up due to foreclosures,
have been rehabilitated and oc-cupied
by families selected to par-ticipate
in a unique purchasing
plan. The majority of the houses
are located in the northeast
section of the Village.
Nine families received .the full.
deeds to their houses in 1982 and
15 additional are scheduled to
receive them this year. Under
Freeport's Homesteading Pro-gram,
a family must occupy the
house for five years under a con-ditional
deed which prohibits the
sale or rental of the house. All
payments, including taxes, must
be kept up-to-date. After five
years, the family takes on full
ownership and may continue to
reside in the house or sell if they
wish. Of the nine who received
full deeds last year, the Village is
aware of only one house which
has since changed hands with the
original family moving out of
state.
. The. families now receiving
their deeds entered, early-on in
the program when the rehabili-tated
houses were sold under a
10-year property improvement
loan basis for .$10,000. Because
of increased rehabilitation costs,
the purchase price of Home-steading
houses has- since been
increased to a maximum of
$20,000 with a 20-year mortgage.
Since the program began in
1977, only four families have
given up their houses within the
five years. The reasons have in-cluded
divorce and job transfer.
The Homestead program was
developed by the U.S. Depart-ment
of Housing and Urban
Development which selected
Freeport as the only Village in the
country to participate when the
program was in a demonstration
stage. It has now been adopted
nationwide.
Locally, the program is ad-ministered
by the Freeport Com-munity
Development Agency.
With the rate of foreclosures
slowing in the Village, the
Agency is not accepting Home-steading
applications at this time.
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JANUARY 1983
-REFERENCE ONLY
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
Wiam H. White,
" L- 3 J* i PuWib'MeetmgscJi the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of the Month, at 8:00 P.M.
The TV Cameras
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Waiting to go before the camera at Cablevision's Woodbury studios are, left to right, Freeporters
Austine White, Ron Weinmann, Effie Montgomery, Robert Raynor and Ramona Crook. The Decem-ber
filming was for the Village's first of four-times-a-year shows to be aired free of charge over Cable-vision's
Channel 30. Raynor, active in the Freeport Historical Society, discussed the Village's show
business past on the program which was shown twice in December. Crook, Director of the Freeport
Homefinders Service, described the workings of her office and introduced Montgomery, who sold one
house and then purchased another through the Service. Weinmann described his experience recently
in buying a Connecticut Avenue home through Homefinders. White, wife of Freeport's Mayor, serves
as hostess of the shows. Residents are urged to watch the local media and Cablevision's printed
schedule for announcement of future shows. Residents without Cablevision may watch the Freeport
show in the senior citizen lounge of the Recreation Center.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: Thomas M. Molloy
ELECTRIC RATE COMPUTATION
The following information is published in accordance with the requirements set down by the New York
State Public Service Commission. THE RATES HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE 1975. THEIR
PUBLICATION AT THIS TIME DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY MOVE TOWARDS AN INCREASE. The
PSC mandates that electric consumers be periodically notified of their established rate schedule. This then
constitutes that formal notification.
For those customers interested in the verification or accuracy of the enclosed bill, described below are
the different classifications applicable to electric rates.
COMPLAINTS
Any complaints concerning disputed bills, charges orideposits should be filed with the Village of Freeport
or by phoning 378-4000. Any complaints unsatisfactorily resolved may be referred by the consumer to the
New York State Public Service Commission, 2 World Trade Center, New York, N.Y. 10047 or by Phoning
(212)488-4332.
S.C. No. 1 - Residential Service
Effective 8/1/75
Winter Summer
Nov. 1 - May 31 June 1 - Oct. 31
Rate: Per meter, per month.
First 12 Kilowatt hours or less
Next 38 Kilowatt hours, per kwh
Next 150 Kilowatt hours, per kwh
Next 300 Kilowatt hours, per kwh
Over 500 Kilowatt hours, per kwh
Electric water heating -
Between 500 KWH & 1000 KWH
Space heating in excess of 1000 KWH
between Nov. 1 and May 30 will be
S.C. No. 2-L - General Service - Large
i
Rate: Per meter, per month.
$2.23
5.Sc/KWH
5.17C/KWH
4.0C/KWH
3.9C/KWK
$2.23
5.3C/KWH
5.17C/KWH
4.3C/KWH
4.8C/KWH
Demand Charge
First
Next
Next
Over
5 KW <§ . .
7 KW @
38 KW @
50 KW @
3.1C/KWH
3.1C/KWH
S.C. No. 2-S - General Service - Small. ... ,,^,
Effective 8/1/75
Winter Summer
Energy Charge
First 12 KWH or less
Next 38 KWH
Next 450 KWH
Next 1000-KWH
Next 3500 KWH
Over 5000 KWH
Effective 8/1/75
-0-
$3.50/KW
3.05/KW
2.80/KW
$2.23
5.Sc/KWH
5.5C/KWH
4.2C/KWH
3.67C/KWH
3.38C/KWH
Race: Per meter, per month.
First 12 KWH or less
Next 38 KWH @
Next 450 KWH @
Next 1000 KWH @
Over 1500 KWH @
Minimum Charge: $2.23 per month.
Nov. 1 - May 31
$2.23
5.8C/KWH
5.5C/KWH
4.2C/KWH
3.7C/KWH
June 1 - Oct. 31
$2.23
.8C/KWH
, 5C/KWH
•6C/KWH
4.3C/KWH
Note: Fuel adjustment charges will be applied to above rates.
Except: All over 320 KWH per KW
of Demand or over 32,000 KWH
(whichever is greater) @ 3.1C/KWH
Minimum Charge: Demand charge but not less than $2.23 per month.
Note: Fuel adjustment charges will be applied to above rates.
The above statement of rates should not be relied upon for the purpose of determining all provisions ;
relating to each service classification. Full details on each service classification may be secured from
Electric Billing Office by calling 378-4000, ext. 263 or 264.
