The problems on Town Path and in the area of Northern Boulevard and Glen Cove Road continue, without any intervention by our locally elected officials.

The expansion of the TJ Maxx shopping center has wreaked havoc on the surrounding community. The addition of a gym, a restaurant and new retail stores has created a worsening traffic nightmare, adding more congestion onto Northern Boulevard, and often backing up cars to the Roslyn viaduct. The intersection of Northern Boulevard and Glen Cove Road is so heavily trafficked that it often takes three traffic lights to navigate a turn.

In addition, the congestion in the shopping center adjacent to the TJ Maxx expansion fronting on Glen Cove Road has created a safety hazard with pedestrians and drivers literally taking their lives in their hands.

Because of the overcrowding and the refusal of the owners of the TJ Maxx property to allow cars from the adjacent shopping center to use the space available, customers of the shopping center continue to park their vehicles on Town Path, a residential street in close proximity to the shopping center. This parking has made Town Path less passable for cars, trucks, school buses and safety vehicles driving between Northern Boulevard and Glen Cove Road.

While all of this continues to fester, not one of our local officials has spoken up or taken action. They appear to be content to ignore the situation.

In the Sept. 18 issue of The Roslyn News, North Hempstead Councilman Tom Dwyer stated he was aware of the problem, and Town of North Hempstead officials, along with the board of trustees of the Village of East Hills were "all trying to mediate the situation." In his statement, Mr. Dwyer described the problem as "only temporary," indicating that once construction of the TJ Maxx expansion was completed the problems would be corrected.

It is now far more than 5 - 6 months since Mr. Dwyer's statement. The following questions need to be asked:

* Where is Mr. Dwyer? What is he doing about the problems? Why has he remained silent? Does he know the difference between a temporary situation and one that has become permanent and is being allowed to fester? Why haven't his constituents heard from him regarding these very serious problems? When will he remove his head from the sand and stand up for the people in his district?

* Why have we heard nothing from the Village of East Hills' mayor, Michael Koblenz, or the members of the village's board of trustees? What are they afraid of? Although the shopping center is not located in the village, Town Path is the street that divides the village from the Town of North Hempstead. Many residents of the village use Town Path. Six new homes were recently constructed, off Town Path, on property previously occupied by the village for its Village Hall. Certainly, the village's elected officials should use their good offices to speak up and demand that the Town of North Hempstead take action to eliminate these horrendous situations.

* Where is North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman? We have heard nothing from him since his luncheon, many months ago, with County Supervisor Tom Suozzi, at Ben's Delicatessen. At that time they expressed concern over overcrowded roads in the very area where additional congestion has been allowed to take place. Words are fine but action would be better advised.

* Where is the town's board of zoning in all of this? Didn't they investigate the chaos that would result from the TJ Maxx expansion? If they did investigate, why did they allow it? If they didn't investigate, why didn't they?

There is enough blame here to go around. Perhaps the press should investigate the source of certain campaign contributions made by builders to locally elected officials. This may explain why the expansion took place and the legitimate concerns of the local residents were disregarded.

The existing situation cannot be allowed to continue. It is time for action. The failure of our locally elected officials to act will fully come to light when someone is seriously injured or killed.

I am determined to make certain that our officials are reminded of what they are permitting to take place. It appears that this is the only way that anything will be done.

Andre L. Ferenzo