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t.IBTURIAU •';- NASSAU.; c^Y.-ii EisEtiiio'A'SR T UEALQV,', v n FREEPORT BALDWIN ROOSEVELT FREEPORI'S OFFIUni MERRICK NEWSPAPER _FBEF r P0RX_NEW YORK, FEBRtTARYJ State Low For County Kent Control Rejected i • • FHEEPORT - The Village Etoard of Trusteed'will reestablish the Freeport Tenant-Landlord Guidelines Committee. It will endeavor to-settle disputes and set rent guidelines on u cooperative, voluntary basis. . : , Originally established in : 1% ( J, the committee., handled a loUl of 1,070 cases before^J^qming -.__• — inaclive~nTI97Srwhen problems' The _rnove, indicating (heir PROCLAIMING FREEPORT BOY SCOUT-MONTH, Mayor William White visited his old Boy Scout Troop, #36, to present the procla- mation to Neighborhood Commissioner Sidney Gollin. Standing between the Mayor and Gollin is 14 year-old Donald Rowan who , will -shortly join^the Mayor as an Eagle-Scout-from the second oldest chartered troop in Nassau County. Co-Scoutmaster Raymond Rowan is behind his son and Co-Scoutmaster Thomas Laffin is to the left of. the Mayor. (Seecenterfojd for special Scout news.) diminished. considerably. Composed of representatives of landlords and tenants,; the committee._was_successful in holding- rents down -lo-159EHn-- creases on Iwo-year leases in 92% of the cases brought before it, and down to 20% on longer term leases. In addition, . 203 com-, TJlatnls oi violations- were for- warded to the Building Depart- ment for investigation, the uniqueness of the group brought inquiries from other Long Island communities and from Con- necticut and Massachusetts. -The—Village -Board's action followed the February 10 Public Hearing to consider~a housing emergency in the Village. Under the State's Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974,—such action would leave-the setting of rents OIK about 3,000 Freeport' apartments to the Nassau County Rent Guidelines Board. All speakers at the Public Hearing, landlords and tenants, opposed dissatisfaction with the State legislalionrand-requesting that any controls should be negotiated on the Village level. The BoartT •reserved ~ddeisiofl7~Nf> vote need be taken for.60,days. Mayor Wiljiam White, who is presently asking individuulii g—landlord—and- tenants groups to serve on the reestablished committee, staled, •\ We hope that this committee will prove, to be-thc solution to a difficult situation, Our only other option may be to relinquish our control on not only, a very im- portant sector of-our economic base, but on 1 the quality of life of a sizable'portloji, of our residents. \WcThave the utmost faith, that with the already expressed support of .the community! the •committee;- weighing the .many\ varying .and complicated factors involved in each individual case, will come up with fair and •equitable solutions^aH-was-(he^ .case in (he past.\ More-Candidates Declare Second CD A ilic Hearing .,... _„_.. - -- - ' .' - ; '. ~ ; - _ |% FREEPQRT - Two_more-candidates have declared for the two-seats——I* on the Village Board of Trustees which will be decided by public-vote \ on March 18. This brings the* total of declared Candidates, to ten:\' .-Vincent Randazzo.-who has - been-arpast 'candidate f or~trustee ^eyeral times, and .who has lived in the Village for 27 years, has an- nciunced,-as has John H. Raynor HI. RandaZzo was unwilling to comment further on his plans or ~- ... platform. — • ~^ Lewis, a Freeport sign paints \ ~ who is responsible for the Raynor \Raynor a 28 year old Freeport signs already seen in the Village, native, lives with his wife and two The candidate told, -THE young.childreh at 171 Rose Street. LEADER that he \is trying to do He is\ the/third., generation; of ; it by himself because I don't want Raynors to reside there and his FREEPORT- There will Je\ second Public , Hearing 'on\ the usage of the $5.3 million to which Freeport is entitled, over the next five years,_JthrjDUgh the : Com- munity Development Act on Tuesday, Feb. 25,8 pm, at Village Hall. - - son, John Henry Raynor VI, is the sixth born ofjjie family in the ^Village of Ffee~port to bear that name. The candidate explained that Freeport's prigmal- name was Raynorstown,iVnd tfteh South \Raynor before it became jcnown as Freeport. He is a member of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, Local #282 of the Teamsters Union, the Sons of Italy and the Italian- to be obligated or owe favors to anyone.\ _ When-asked what his platform will be, Raynor told THE LEADER, \It is too easy to throw an innuendo into the .wind.\ He continued, \I think the Village is .doing well; but I think I could do better and I wfanr; to beX a: •TrwtM.\;-He;.wenL;on;;to:exi^{n; : : that he • believed;that the -youth; and:;: the ^;Spanishrspftiking': .,, ---- : . — ^ctiiu me opHiiisnrspeaKing American CivU Rights I^^e/^ After-attending^Freeport High^ignored too long. The Hispanics, School, he served two years in the • ••••••••• United States Army in Alaska. At present he is in the trucking and small general contracting business;— \Raynor's campaign 1 will be managed by himself and Don he said, have been contributing much to Freeport in terms of dollars and population.' Raynor would like to see Off-Track Betting opened^ in Freeport and shopping areas brought to North Main street so that it would cease to be a \blighted\ area, . ; The Task Force,' made up of several Village department heads and chaired by Planning and Urban Renewal Director; James Dunne, met this week with the Freeport Board of Trustees and the Community Development Citizens' Committee to present 4hem with a draft of the ap- plication which is to be submitted to;thevy.S, Housing ;.and Urban •DeyelppmentxCorporation:^^ Mfirch lVThe;draftappHcatipn7 prepared by, therTask Force and KRS^^bnsuHants^ is--a culmination of the recom- mendations aired at the .first Public Hearing, suggestions of the Village's jcivic organizations via„the Citizens Committee, and from correspondence received by both Chairman Dunne and Mayor William White. ^ir~~~~: (Continued on Page 16) \ -FREEPORT SAILS AGAIN. Mayor Willlilh White cut* the ribbon at the fabulous Freeport Chamber of Commerce exhibit at tha Boat Show at Nassau Coliseum. Representatives. frorrTIhe Chamber and the Freeport Tuna Club will hand out free ballooni, show slides of Freeporf«attractions and offer chances for free dinners at renowned Freeport restaurants. The Boat Show rurTTthrouph Feb. 23. Standing I. to r. are Robert Stevens, -$tma Club; Don Pantina, Chamber Director; Fred Scalamandre, Chamber-President; Mayor White; Suzy Goodwin, Ladies Auxiliary; Barbara O'Hare, Mrs. Merry Christmas; George Ellen/Tuna Club President. Kneeling (I. to r.) are: Wei Carman, Waterfront Division; Marian Knoeller, Chamber Secretary; Betty Healy, Auxiliary President; and Lillian Knoellar.
