TOBAY Notebook: 2nd Half Taxes Due

Town residents are reminded that the second half of the 2011 General Tax Levy is due on July 1, but can be paid without penalty through Aug. 10. 

Checks need to be payable to James J. Stefanich, Receiver of Taxes.  Indicate your property’s S.D. Code, Section, Block, Lot and phone number on the check.

 “By law, a taxpayer has a 40-day grace period from the date the tax is due during which payment may be made without penalty,” Stefanich said.  “After the 40 days, a 1 percent penalty is added for each month the tax remains unpaid, retroactive to July 1.”

Residents can pay in person, by either cash or check, at the Tax Office, Oyster Bay Town Hall West, 74 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, or by check only at the Receiver of Taxes counter located in the Town Clerk’s Office, Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa.

Residents who prefer to mail in their payments should send them to the Office of the Receiver of Taxes, 74 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, N.Y. 11771-1539.  Payments made by mail should include the second half stub.  Residents should NOT write on, fold, staple or otherwise deface the tax stub as it can cause the computer system to reject payment.

Cruise Nights Resume in July

Classic Car Cruise Nights resume Friday night, July 1, at the Long Island Rail Road Station parking lot on Sunrise Highway in Massapequa.

Cruise Nights are free of charge to residents. Those who wish to display their vintage cars at the events are required to donate two cans of food. No motorcycles.

The town-sponsored event runs from 7-10 p.m. and will also be held  July 8, 15, 22 and 29, and Aug. 5, 12 and 19. For more information, call the Town of Oyster Bay Department of Parks at 797-4125 (prompt 2.) 

Independence Day will alter sanitation and S.O.R.T. recycling collections.

There will be no sanitation and recycling collections on the July 4th holiday. Residents who normally have either sanitation or S.O.R.T. collection on Monday will receive pickup on Tuesday, July 5.

Tuesday customers will receive collection on Wednesday, July 6. Residents who do not have Town sanitation or recycling should check with their carters to see what their schedule is for July 4.

All Oyster Bay town beaches, parks and pools will be open on Independence Day, town officials said.