APRIL 1983
Freeport's Stabilization and
Affirmative Housing Task Force
urges all homeowners who have
not already done so, to sign a
cease and desist order to be for-warded
to the-Secretary of STate.
These orders prevent mass
solicitation of homeowners ' and
undue pressure to sell. ''
The cease and desist 'drive
began some yearsv ago' when
solicitations of homeowners in
the Village by a few unscrupulous
real estate brokers led to "block
busting." Discussions between
the Village and State govern-ment
led to the program whereby
• residents signing and filing such
orders with 'the State would be
protected from unwanted solicita-tion
by real estate brokers and
'salesmen. Those realtors refusing
io obey the order are subject to
punitive action by the Secretary's
office which can lead to suspen-sion
or revocation of the license
io operate in the real -estate
field.
If you have never signed a
cease and desist order — or if you
have but have since moved within
the Village to another house —
clip out and sign the form below
• and-return it to the Village with
your electric payment:
The Task Force urges all
Freeporters to add their names to
the hundreds of their neighbors
who have already afforded them-selves
of-this form of protecting
their property, their Village and
themselves. The signing of-the
order will not prevent anyone
from selling their home in a legit-imate
manner by merely contact-
• ing any reputable realtor or the
Village's Homefinders Service.
The difference is that the contract
is initiated by the homeowner
and not by a real estate dealer.
All cease and desist forms re-ceived
will be recorded by the
Village arid forwarded to the Sec-retary
of State. When you have
received an acknowledgment
from the State, you will know that
you are covered by the non-solicitation
order. If you are sub-sequently
solicited, save the post-card,
business card or other
material received, or if solicited
by phone, make a note of the
time, date and name and broker
affiliation of the caller, and then
notify the Village's Human Rela-tions
Office at 378-4000.
Honorable Secretary of-State
State of New York
Dear Secretary:
I (We), the undersigned registered owner(s) of property
located at '. : ,in
the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Nassau County, N.Y.,
do not wish to sell such property. Accordingly, I (we) hereby
revoke my (our) implied invitation to solicit in any manner
whatsoever.
I (We) hereby request you, by virtue of the power vested
in you as Secretary of State, pursuant to Article-12A ofjthe ••--
Real Property Law, to order all licensed brokers and salesmen
to cease and desist from soliciting the undersigned until such
time as I (we) may notify you in writing to the contrary.
Signed '.
Print Name
Dated:.
The deadline for summer jobs
with the Village of Freeport is
May 17. There are openings for
recreation aides, laborers and
lifeguards.'
Applications must be made at
the office of: the Village Clerk,
Village Hall, weekdays from 8:30
am to 4 pm:. No telephone inquir-ies
will be accepted. Applicants
will be required to present proof
of residency in the Village and
must be at least 18 years of age.
Lifeguards must have certifica-tion.
If vacancies exist-after the
May 17 deadline, lifeguard appli-cations
will be accepted from
residents and non-residents, 17
and over, who have the required
certification.
Residents and businesses are
reminded that there are several
laws governing the parking of
commercial vehicles (those carry-ing
commercial license plates)
within the Village. Violation of
those laws can result in a $25
parking ticket.'
It is illegal to park a commercial
vehicle or trailer on any public
street within the Village between
the hours of 6 pm and 6 am unless
the vehicle is actually being load-ed
or unloaded onto a premises
located on the street at which it is
parked, or the vehicle is being
used in the construction, repairs
or emergency services to a prem-ises
on that street.
A commercial vehicle or trailer
cannot be parked on private prop-erty
in any business or commer-cial
zone uless the vehicle is used
in relation to the business at that
location.
It is.also unlawful to park such
vehicles in an empty lot within the
Village unless the lot is an ap-proved
parking field in accord-ance
with the Freeport code of
ordinances.
In residential areas, com-mercial
vehicles, including house
coaches, hearses, ambulances
and buses,, may not park on a
public street for longer than one
hour unless actually loading and
unloading on that street.
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( LIBRA
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
William H. White, Mayor
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of .the Month, at 8:00 P.M.
On behalf of the Freeport Historical Society, Robert Raynor (left)
receives the sign from the old "Dotty B." fishing boat from Dr. K.E.
Tahnous (center) as Mayor Wjlliam White looks on. Dr. Tannous, an
obstetrician/gynecologist, recently purchased the North Ocean Avenue
home of the late Dotty Berkowitz through.the VillageVHomefinders
Service, for use as his offices and his family's home. Found in: the
house was Freeport memorabilia from the Berkowitz family, including
photos, newspaper clippings and mounted fish, all of which Dr. Tan-nous
has donated to the Freeport Historical Society's Museum. Harry
Berkowitz owned the Captain Jack's Fishing Fleet of Freeport from'the
40's to the 60's. At his death, his widow sold the smaller boats and ran
the 85-foot "Starstream" out of Woodcleft Avenue from her home.
The Historical Museum, at 350 South Main Street, opens for the sea-son
on April 24. It will be open every Sunday from 2 to 5 pm. There is
no admission fee but donations are appreciated..
New _York Secretary of .State
Gail Shaffer has notified -Mayor
William White that the Village is
scheduled to receive a $20,000
grant for the preparation of a
Local Waterfront Revitalization
Program.
Freeport Community Develop-ment
arid Planning Director 'Eric
Hemphill explained that '-the
initial'grant will be. used, for a
study to establish the Village's
goals for the 'waterfront -'area.
Once the. goals have been 'est-ablished,
the ''study" will be used
as the basis for future applica-tions
for funds to implement pro-grams
to achieve these goals;
According to. the Secretary of
State, the Waterfront Reviializa-iion
and Coastal Resources
Act establishes a new approach
in the State to help local govern-ments
achieve their goals for ihe
coastal area which includes Long
Island, New York City, the Hud-son
Valley,:the -Great Lakes and
ihe Si. Lawrence River. This new
approach involves local. State and
ultimately all Federal aciiviues
affecting a community's water-front.
The Secretary pointed out
that it requires careful planning,
time arid a close and'coopefative
working relationship between the
community, her offices, other
State agencies and numerous
Federal agencies.
On the Federal level, the
grant program is administered
by the National Oceanic and At-mospheric
Administration under
ihe Federal Coastal Zone Man-agement
Program.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: Thomas M. Mollcy
Mayor William. White has-is-sued
a directive to the Village
Attorney and the Village Clerk/
Risk Manager (7to fight back
against "frivolous'! lawsuits
filed against the Village, by suing
the claimants for legal costs
and other village expenses.
"Although we are success-fully
defending against these
baseless lawsuits in the courts,"
the Mayor said, 'I don't think
Freeport taxpayers should bear
the substantial legal expenses
,,, involved , ,in . .defending them.
..We are going to recover those
. costs, to the fullest extent pos-
, sible."
Mayor White pointed out that
the Village is largely self-insured
against negligence claims and,
therefore, the legal costs are not
paid by an insurance company
but directly by the Village. He
said the Village has saved, "well
over a million dollars for the tax-payers,"
since the program was
started in October, 1978, the sav-ings
being in insurance premium
costs versus total costs of the^setf-insurance
program in that time.
'• As an example of the friv-olous
lawsuit the Mayor said
there was a recent situation
whereby the. Village was sued for
an alleged "false arrest" by
police officers. The officers ar-rested
a man for drunk driving
and leaving the scene of an auto
accident; •" - • » » . . - .-.
Although the officers had good
reason for the arrest, the case was
dismissed on a technicality, and
the alleged drunk driver sued for
false arrest. His suit was found to
be groundless by the court, and
now the Vilage is countersuing
to recover the legal expense,
which amounted to $5,000 in this '
case, according to Mayor White.
Mayor White said Freeport's
recovery actions would not be
limited to police* department
cases but would include any law-suits
the Village deemed to be
frivolous or without real merit.
The Mayor declared, "The
courts are responding, more and
more, to the right of the tax-payers
to be protected against
., unfounded lawsuits." He pointed
to a recent decision by" the
California Court of Appeals (City
of Long Beach ys Richard Bozek),
in a case stemming from an
alleged "false arrest, false
imprisonment and negligent hir-ing"
by the City. The court said,
about the City's right to'counter-sue,
"it is our observation that
the incidence of suits against
municipalities for unlawful arrest
and/or the use of excessive force
by police officers has increased
substantially in recent years.
While undoubtedly many such
suits are well-founded, we think
it is 'also true that some are
instituted without any real belief
in their merit but in the hope of
attracting publicity and pres-suring
the municipality, which
may be self-insured, as is Long
Beach, into paying a sum in
settlement irrespective of the real
merits of the claim. It may well
be, therefore, that the deterrent
effect inherent in a rule permit-ting
the maintenance of an action
for malicious prosecution of civil
litigation would be of special
significance to municipalities."
In addition to the Village
Attorney, Harrison J. Edwards,
the Mayor said Freeport utilizes
the services of outside claims
examiners and specialized de-fense,-
attorneys, plus insurance
consultants in New York City
experienced in governmental
programs, Carter/Euclid Associ-ates.
The whole "package" com-prises
a, "comprehensive risk
management program," the
Mayor said, which includes
"excess", insurance coverage
.above the self-insured amounts,
to . protect . the Village against
any large of "catastrophic" los-ses.
Mayor White said the risk
management program .saves
Freeport more than $250,000 a
year over standard insurance cov-erage,
due to "careful monitoring
and defense of excessive claims,
a good safety program, .and the
complete cooperation and aware-ness
of all Village department
heads." Thomas DeVincenzo
serves as the village's clerk and
risk manager.
The Freeport Kiwanis Club, in
conjuction with the- 'Village's
, , Homefinders^Service, will present
the Annual House Tour on Sun-day,
afternoon, June 26. The pur-pose,
of the House Tours is to
bring in out-of-towners to show
off the Village's diversity of
houses, the waterfront, Rec-reation
Center, etc. Some seyen
or eight houses will be toured
that day.
Freeporters are asked , to
participate in the Tour as volun-teers.
'Needed, are guides,- hosts
'' and hostesses to show off "the
-rooms -in "the" various" houses,
people to handle registration and
to work on the reception which
will be held at the Recreation
Center. ' ""s -
Those wishing to volunteer
should: call Michael Kirwan at
Village Hall, 378-4000, ext. 293,
as soon as possible.
The next safe 'driving course
for those over the age of 55 will be
held at the Freeport Recreation
Center on Tuesday and Thurs-day,
May 3 and 5, 9 am to 1 pm.
Course fee is $10. For registration
call instructor Bernard Eisen,
after 11 am, at 546-7356.
As a part of Health Expo Week,
a Health Fair will be held in the
gymnasium of the Freeport High
School* on '' Thursday; * Aprili 21,
5to-9pm.
Persons 18 years of age and
older may have their blood pres-sure,
hearing and vision
screened. A blood chemistry is
also offered for anemia and sickle
cell anemia. Testing will be avail-able
for glaucoma. Breast screen-
. ing will also be offered. The Fair
will also include many health ex-hibits.
Various organizations are par-ticipating
in the Fair with the pro-vision
of medical technicians
arid other support. Transportation
may be arranged through the
Freeport Economic Opportunity
Council, 379-4000. The public
may park in the school's rear
parking lot.
The Arts Council at Freeport is
sponsoring its third annual Arty
Party — A Tribute to Venice,
on Sunday, May .1, at the Garden
City Hotel, 12:30 to 5 pirn; The
event, planned, in cooperation
with Italian government agencies
and members of the Venetian
Community, will be a creation of
a Venetian festival featuring
strolling musicians, excerpts from
an 18th century Venetian comedy,
elaborate costumes . and exotic,
: masks, song and music.
A Venetian luncheon with
fine Italian wine will be served.
-f -On- display- (with-some for-sale)
will be antique and new goods
from Venice.
Dr. Angelo Gimondo,' Chair-man
of the Italian Heritage and
Culture Week, has designated
the "Tribute To Venice" the
major event to open the week's
festivities.
The special ARTY (Arts Recog-nition
Tribute Award) will be
given to Dr. Frank Calderone
in recognition of his long commit-ment
to the arts community on
Long Island. Previous recipients
of this award are Marcia O'Brien,
Executive Director of the Nassau
County Office of Cultural De-velopment
and Kitty Carlisle
Hart, Chairman of the New York
State Council on the Arts.
The cost for a ticket to the
Party is $60 and is for the benefit
s^of The ArtStCouncil .at Freeport.
Special incentives have been
. developed to make possible for
all who wish to attend. A special
ARTY raffle, which is offering
over 30 prizes ranging in value
from $800 to $20 including a
round trip to Venice on Altalia,
a helicopter ride around NYC
and a Texas Instrument Com-puter
(to name a few prizes)
has been put together. A sale of
12 raffle books entitles one to a
ticket to the Arty. Party. Other
plans include sale of ads for an
extended program which will be
given to guests at the Party.
Further information about the
Arty Party, the raffle and ads
can be obtained at the Arts Coun-cil
office at 223-2522.
All Village offices will be closed
on Monday, May 30 for the obser-vance
of Memorial Day. The
Board of Trustees will not meet
that evening..
Because of the holiday, gar-bage
will not be collected in the
northern section of the Village.
Garbage, but not trash, will be
picked up on Thursday, June 2.
The Annual Memorial Day
Parade, sponsored by the William
Clinton Story Post of the Amer-ican
Legion and other veterans'
groups, will leave Freeport High
School at 10 am and proceed east
on Merrick Road to the Freeport
Memorial Library where me-morial
ceremonies will be held.
The Freeport. Recreation Cen-ter
will be closed for its annual
refurbishing from Monday, May
16 through Friday, May 27.
All; Health Wing plans and
Activity. Cards expire as of May
15. All lockers rented on an an-nual
basis must, have their con-tens
removed by that date.
All Village residents will re-ceive
the Recreation Depart-ment's
1983-84 brochure by mail
in May.
Three Freeport High School
graduates, now residing in Flor-ida,
are planning a reunion for
the Class of 1949 "or there-abouts"
in St. Petersburg for
October of next year. Offered is
an opportunity for a Florida
vacation as well as a get-together
with former classmates.
The committee of Jeanne
(Pearson) Rogozenski, Joan
(Mason) Ullian and Marilyn
(Petersen) Kropp would like to
hear from those interested in
participating before making final
plans. Mrs. Kropp may be
reached at 160 19th Ave. N., St.
Petersburg, Fla. 33704.
Because the mailing of the
"Village News." and electric
bills, follows the schedule of the
physical reading of electric
meters throughout the Village,
some six weeks can elapse
between the writing of the
"Village News" and its receipt
in homes in the southern section
of the Village.
For that reason, from time to
time events will be announced in
an issue that -will occur before the
issue is received by all residents.
This is avoided whenever pos-sible.
In some cases,' however,
information is deemed important
enough that it is thought best to
get it into the hands of some
people rather than not carry it
atalL
Two items in this issue, the'
Arty Party and the Health Fair,
fall in this category. Those re-ceiving
this information earlier
hi the month, are urged to pass it-along
to friends in the southern
section of the Village they feel
might be interested.
A Healthy Business
Community Lessens The
Burden Of The Taxpay-ing
Resident . . .
o by broadening the tax
base
o by providing employ-ment
o by attracting more
tax-reducing develop-ment.
You can Help By Thinking
"Freeport First"
For Purchase Of Goods
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