(Ed. Note: The following letter was sent to Hempstead Town Councilman Gary Hudes and is printed here at the author's request.)

Thank you for your continuing efforts to get Nassau County to move forward and make the necessary roadway changes to correct the dangerous intersection of Wantagh Avenue and Miller Place in Levittown.

The Town of Hempstead is in a very unique position, however, and should take full advantage of it. The Town of Hempstead is the largest town in Nassau County.

The Nassau Coliseum is within the jurisdiction of the Town of Hempstead and, therefore, any building or infrastructure that alters the existing landscape via new buildings or infrastructure for this redevelopment must be approved by the Town of Hempstead. It is this advantage of having a "final say" as to what will or will not be approved by the Town for Certificates of Occupancy given that the Town can get what it needs from the county for its people.

The county has been spending money on recreational facilities like parks, when highways with dangerous intersections that are a major threat to life and limb hourly are placed on "hold or a "not needed" list and that is negligence.

The Town of Hempstead being the largest Town in Nassau County has also been the heaviest hit by the Nassau County Reassessment.

In reviewing the Nassau County Supreme Court Order (Index No. 97-30380), an excerpted copy hereby attached, one finds that the County Assessors Office violated said Court Order in that other properties compared with that which has in fact been sold cannot be presumed to have a similar fair market value.

This is exactly what the County Assessors Office has done, compared property not sold to one that was sold to obtain a "comparable" market value for the property not sold and thus tax the property on that assessment value.

Therefore, on behalf of the Residential Property Taxpayers of all said property located in the Town of Hempstead it is only fitting that the Town of Hempstead file a Class Action Lawsuit against the County of Nassau for violation of the Supreme Court Order.

Arnold B. Johnson