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Field named in honor of legendary coach By mIkE SmollINS msmollins@liherald.com
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thE BaSEBall FIElD at Shell Creek Park was named John “Jack” Leddy Field in honor of the legendary former Island Park Little League coach. Jake Segara of the Pirates slid into third to beat the tag by Andy Conteh of the Yankees.
Weather conditions may not have been ideal, but that didn’t stop Island Park Little Leaguers from playing at the newly christened John “Jack” Leddy Memorial Field last Saturday. The day marked the inaugural games played at Shell Creek Field after it was renamed in honor of the late IPLL icon, a longtime league coach, leader and president. “Whether as a coach, board
member, district representative or league president, Jack Leddy’s spirit embodied the core principles of Little League — character, courage and loyalty — and through his actions, he instilled those principles in the players and coaches whom he served as a leader,” the IPLL said in a statement. “We congratulate the Leddy family on this welldeserved accolade and thank the Town of Hempstead for honoring Jack Leddy, and look forward to the first game Continued on page 3
Sanitation commissioner is a no-show at hearing By mIkE SmollINS msmollins@liherald.com
A law firm that is investigating an Oceanside Sanitation District No. 7 commissioner who alle gedly made racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic social media posts was unable to interview him May 4 after he failed to attend a scheduled hearing. At the district’s meeting May 6, Board of Commissioners Chair man Austin Graff s a i d C o m m i s s i o n e r Ry a n Hemsley failed to show up to speak with representatives of the Valley Stream-based Chandler Law Fir m as part of a
probe into the posts that Hemsley allegedly made before he became a commissioner. “Commissioner Hemsley was supposed to meet with the investigators this week . . .,” Graf f said at the meeting. “T hey’ re going to make a report to the board in the next two weeks re garding their investigation.” Graff declined to comment further. Hemsley was offered a chance to address the issue at the meeting but opted not to. He told the Herald afterward that his reason for not showing was insurance-based. “Insurance for the district has not provided representa-
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tion to me yet to talk to investigators,” he said. At the board’s April meeting, Graff announced that the district’s insurance carrier, Travelers, had declined cover-
age to defend Hemsley amid a district investigation into the posts, which were unearthed last October. Hemsley, who was initially appointed to the board and then elected before the controversy broke, said he believed the company should represent sitting commissioners. Graff noted, however, that because there is no claim against Hemsley, there is no
risk of liability to Hemsley or the district, so there is no need for defense costs to be incurred. Still, Hemsley said he planned to fight the insurance carrier’s decision. Hemsley’s request for insurance has delayed the probe against him. The Chandler Law Fir m has attempted to schedule a meeting with him Continued on page 12