Friday, February 22, 2019
Vol. 79, No. 8
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Default registry to combat zombie homes
STEAM LEARNING AT BERRY HILL
Berry Hill students were treated to a hands-on assembly, the STEAM Museum, which showcased exhibits on science, technology, engineering, art and math. Above girls learn about coding. See page 8. Photos and story by Gina James
Celebrate Purim with the TOB Chabad
The Town of Oyster Bay Chabad will celebrate with reading the Megilla and recounting the miracle of Purim, followed by a community-wide celebration on Thursday, March 21 at 5:00 pm At 678 Woodbury Rd, Woodbury NY. The ceremony, organized by Town of Oyster Bay Chabad’s Executive Director Rabbi Shmuel Lipszyc. The entertainment will be featuring Yang Xiao Di. Born in Shanghai,
China in 1945, Yang Xiao Di became an apprentice acrobat with the Pan Ying family at the age of 6, performing at the Shanghai Big World Entertainment Center. He rapidly excelled in a variety of Chinese acrobatic genres, including equilibristics (handstands, headstands, and balancing skills), juggling (devil stick, Diablo, spinning plate, boomerangs and flying tridents), trapeze, teeter board, the traditional
Lion Dances, and clowning. In 1988-89, Yang Xiao Di and the NanJing Troupe joined forces with America’s Big Apple Circus, touring the Northern United States, including a long run at Lincoln Center, in a program titled East Meets West: The Big Apple Circus Meets the Money King. Yang Xiao Di was the centerpiece of the program, playing the Monkey See page 6
The Town of Oyster Bay plans to establish a registry of properties in local communities whose mortgages have gone into default. The Town says that this will help it ensure that lending institutions and property owners remain responsible for the maintenance of the properties. Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino said, “This new quality of life initiative will help safeguard our neighborhoods from blighted properties. Thanks to the diligence of the Town’s Quality of Life Task Force and the Town’s Department of Planning & Development, we are continuing to fulfill our promise to protect and preserve our neighborhoods. Banks and lending institutions are now on the hook for upkeep of foreclosed homes and we’ll hold them financially accountable for neglect.” The new code places additional obligations on banks and lending institutions in the event that a property is not being maintained. Once a loan on a house goes into default, the financial lender must notify the Town within 10 days and pay an annual $500 fee as long as the mortgage continues to be in default. Additionally, the lender must supply a property manager to the Town, with whom the Town may communicate in the event that the property does not get appropriately maintained. Councilman Lou Imbroto, co-chair of the Quality of Life Task Force, said, “This new initiative adds an additional layer of protection in ensuring that vacant properties do not become eyesores in our communities. Over the past year, we have strengthened the law to address quality of life concerns caused by dilapidated and vacant homes in our neighborhoods. Furthermore, we are protecting our taxpayers by making sure those responsible for non-maintenance of properties are being held accountable.”
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