SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVIT TOWN LIFE JACKET DISTRIBUTION Hicksville couple charged with Covid fraud

Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced on May 18th that a couple from Hicksville has been charged with allegedly submitting fraudulent paperwork and obtaining more than $12,000 in rental assistance funds to which they were not entitled that were administered. The funds were part of a COVID relief program through the Town of Oyster Bay.

Michael Arbassio, 65, and Eileen Dantini, 61, were arraigned on charges of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree (a D felony) and six counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree (an E felony). The defendants pleaded not guilty and were released on their own recognizance. If convicted of the top count, the defendants face up to 2-1/3 to 7 years in prison.

With the start of boating season upon us, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Councilman Tom Hand, Councilwoman Laura Maier and Receiver of Taxes Jeffrey Pravato joined with the New York State Police Chiefs Association in distributing over 500 free lifejackets and safe boating guides to children, at John Burns Park in Massapequa on Saturday, May 13th. New York law requires that all children under 12 years of age wear a USCG–approved Type I, II, or III PFD while on board any vessel less than 65 feet in length (including canoes, kayaks, and rowboats) unless they are in a fully enclosed cabin.