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M£§i1< ©;0£p^ tWB IpOnil S'Sf©^ jM ^.i - a aSii^) ^ ^ f fe rf% B (i (J? W ^i ir.* **J™ &p &** . %$$& K ^&S ^^ , r _, £ _ „ . ¦ — - L |j ,,,La^^J ;Lb,^ kva c K^ ^p Wii fc t?uW>^^H ;c^ t? ^ SL'^^f/ H /j f ^ fl/^ fi' g ' p3(0 O oiwuiitivcii l UVvll v/Iii SDSOO. UD to $1.5 million to rehabilitate di \ R nir- afari K rv i TC 4-n « - ' --v KT .^ -^- I - L ^ »^, v^ ^^. ^t uuUom g ill i\Ui ui Bell port under a plan proposed Tuesday by Supervisor John F. Randol ph. Supervisor Randolph' s plan was an- nounced after the town board voted 4-1 to again apply for federal Community Development Act funds after a three -year absence. The vote on the proposal by Coun- cilwoman Karen Lutz was 4 to i with Councilman Neal Capria voting against the plan and Councilman Joel Lefkowitz abstaining. For the past three years , the majority of the town board has voted against ac- cepting CDA funds because it feared the loss of hom e rule and felt it could be foiced into authorizing low-cost housing to satisfy federal stipulations. \It' s too bad it' s taken us three years to ^^iiio tiiio lui , ocuu < _ -ouiivj iiwomau JLUIZ . Outgoing Councilman Raymond Calabrese urged the new board to use the money wisely. \Wm advocated ac- —£- 1 .—„. _^. tvyi x,i j i^ui y^ di ^ hi uiiice , tie said. The town could receive as much as $3 million in fiscal 19S0 with 50 nor opn f o n in 2 lOwara nousing renaDiiitation under Randolph' s plan. Under the housing plan: a Rehabilitated housing would be restricted to persons who are town residents as of Sept. 1. s Private lendin g institutions would make Dossible the purchase of rehabilitated housing within three years of the date of occupancy. e A non-profi t , private corporation would initially purchase the houses to be rehabilitated to \ avoid accrual cf windfall profits \ to absentee landlords and real estate speculators. 0 A public education program would be instituted to provide training in em- ployment opportunities and home im- provement techni ques . \Within the Community Development program , there has been room for legitimate concern on behalf of our citizens regarding certain housing requirements by the federal government , '' Randol ph said, in a prepared statement. In most instances , Randolph added , these requirements would have meant the development of low-income housing projects \ where such projects might have violated town codes , the wishes of the local community and the principles of sound and rpt;nnnt;ihlp ppnnj imin nlonninn >y . ~~ „.... ^ t ,.^w.xw & . The plan was formulated after months of meetings with civic leaders and representatives of the North Bellport onmnnnniiM o /^r>t- \r* Air\n t*> ^r. ^i..^, - ., -.,^^,. — ..--...vj , « ^v,wi vj nifj LV Ul^ OU|ji,l VIOUl . \I am confident that with the support of the town board and the encouragement of civic leaders and all our citizens , Brookhaven will meet housing requirements of the Community Development program , \ he said. Hardshi ps of those who live in North Bellport are shared beyond the area ' s geograp hic boundaries. \The lack of a vibrant and productive community affects local businesses and proximate property values \ and puts an added strain on the rest of the taxpayers , the supervisor ad- ded . In addition to the housing program , Randol ph aiso made other suggestions for the expenditure of anticipated Communitv rw-^i~-~~~-* * ¦ -, - r ' - . ^ u^w.wpiiicm /v.,1 1U21US. Twenty per cent - as much as $600,000 - would go into an economic developmen fund to promote the resurgence of downtown shopping areas. Monies in this fund would be used in PAmminlirv i-. tiria- U. 1 l l 1 . • ^ wii|uni.uu:i wii.H lOCc ' .f L ! ciIII* _ii LO f f TTkiTK na low-interest loans for improvemen t of local businesses. An additional 10 per cent would be used ..c set up a water improvement fund to provide monies to help defray the cost of public water mains in areas where water from private wells is unsafe. An energy conservation fund amounting to 10 per cent of the anticipated funds would also be set up. Low-interest loans would be made to homeowners \ who undertake projects to conserve energy. \ The remaining 10 per cent would go into a special projec ts fund for recreation , planning education and improved access to public buildings for the handicapped. In other action , the board unanimously demanded the resignation of Bayard (continued on pag e 15) ^ffl gn*. p Wl \™ ln \ ' \\' r ' r-r -lv- i f ^ j , Vj ?j /57 ' rt^ f7 s ^ \ © /^^ ^Si^S »^SH&, / ^sf^ Jfmfjllg ,i *^. K :. <?3 J1L > - JS ^ .^sssJl JIL ™ ,=, —,, - =» -»J8 .— , —. ^ _ _ *** ^ J - ; f P. i fi . 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'U.vaw .imKPuajEV ^. (, - KIW FAL L C. MAGGIO—Wanted to open Sayviile Nursing iioine. \Met unbelievable roadblocks. \ By JO ANN McGRATH Candidates for elective but necessary surgery normally have some degree of fear to over- come. In addition , a hospital stay generall y requires rearranging family responsibilities . and juggling children and pets for temporary reassign- ment to relatives or inends. It' s a harrowing time. Imagine yourself as a prospective patient. You ' ve made all your plans , you ' ve adjusted your thinking and you check with the hospital the day before you ' re scheduled to en- ter...only to be told that no beds are ava ilable. You ' ve been 'bumped. ' You must now cope with anti-climax and the certainty all the planning must be repeated. Recently 'bumping ' has been inflicted on the same patient as many as three and four times says Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Executive Director Francis Fosmire. Citing an unusually high number of admissions through the emergency room due to ex- treme heat (and subsequent heart attacks ) and to automobile accidents , a hospital spokesman announced the first week of August that the hospital was operating at 104 to 109 per cent O^nnanp u j j .^.j . Tha t week 14 patients had to be b umped' on one day and 11 on another. Seasonal circumstances can overtax hospital facilities but the on efniner nrnKlom it r> T\^T_r ir* *u«*. \\D\\ .© ^ww»vin c*u i^Kiii io LIldL 60 of their 350 ava ilable beds are occupied by geriatric patients awaiting transferral to nursing homes. This situation is not unique. Three hundred such patients are presentl y occupying hospital beds in Suffolk County alone. ( Close to 4 , 000 statewide). The overwhelming majority of those patients are recipients of Medicaid or Medicare. These agencies reimburse the hospitals at a rate of $200 a day for their maintenance. This , opposed to the average S^fl 3 Hav raimhni'eomrtnf f~ T — \—j i v«4ttuui ^^lll\.llL IU nursing homes. There are , however , no nursing home beds available in Suffol k County at this time. A dail y total of the bil l for these patients is $60 , 000. In a year it amounts to nearl y $22 million. On the surface it seems an egregious affront to the taxpayer . Scratch the surface and ft is still an affront , but the com- nlinn Hone inin.li.nj n .. -3 *.! _ _ , ^»l>_ulivS -l b invuiy cu CU1U IMC alternatives , as weii , make the situation not one susceptible to quick and easy solution. Assemblyman I.W. Bianchi , Jr., says he has been in pursuit of a solution to this problem for some time with the thrust of his efforts aimed at reopening the (continued on page 8) FKANCiS F OSMI RE—BMII tries daily to relocate geriatric patients into nursing homes. Hk m _ _ ® is ~ PI 1T%|1 1 1 1PI2 1 B^l JPf] 1^ #% ll^l^ll /#% ^^k ^^^^^^. 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