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Friday, February 17, 2017
Vol. 2, No. 7
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GUIDE TO SPECIAL OCCASIONS
5 IN FLOWER HILL SEEK RE-ELECTION
GOP TARGETS SUOZZI IN 2018
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Ex town aide tied to Terry biz
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Helped create alleged front BY N O A H M A N S K A R Jonathan P. Fielding, a Town of North Hempstead zoning ofďŹ cial until this week, helped Gerard Terry, an indicted Democratic political operative, create a company that Terry allegedly used as a front to hide income from the Internal Revenue Service, documents show. Fielding, who was secretary to the Board of Zoning Appeals, no longer worked for the town as of Tuesday, a town spokeswoman said. He indicated that he had been forced out. Fielding’s departure coincided with questions posed by Blank Slate Media to the town about his relationship to Terry’s company. It also comes two weeks after Terry, the former North Hempstead Democratic Committee chairman who worked as the zoning board’s attorney, was arrested on federal tax evasion charges for allegedly failing to pay nearly $1 million in income taxes. Continued on Page 52
PHOTO COURTESY OF PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Students during Manorhaven Elementary School’s Cultural Studies Week made totem poles, a monumental structure in the Mexican culture. See story on page 3.
Baxter House should be torn down: report Building inspector and engineer say historic home is structurally unsound House last Sunday has left the house structurally unsound and recommended it be demolished, The Village of Baxter Estates’ the village said in an e-mail to building inspector and an inde- residents. “Based on my observations, pendent engineer have determined that the ďŹ re that ripped along with my knowledge of through the historic Baxter the structure from the previous structural condition survey, it is my professional opinion that the building should be demolished down to the foundation,â€? said Dean Koutsoubis, a structural en-
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gineer from Koutsoubis Alonso Associates. Koutsoubis and the village’s building inspector, Joseph Saladino, were forced to conduct their evaluation of the home last Wednesday from a distance because access to the home was blocked by a six-foot chain-link fence erected by the home’s owner, Sabrina Wu. Because the assessment was conducted outside the property’s fence, Koutsoubis said, it “is by
no means comprehensive.â€? “However, based on my observations from the exterior, my knowledge of the building’s construction and my experience with similar situations, my opinions are made with a reasonable degree of engineering certainty,â€? Koutsoubis said. Village oďŹƒcials said the village has not received an application from Wu to demolish the home, which is located at 15 Continued on Page 51
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