Former County Executive Steve Bellone and members of his staff may have violated ethics laws by taking jobs with organizations they funneled taxpayer money to while in office. Suffolk officials requesting an ethics probe have also questioned how funds were distributed from the county’s $50 million share of the Opioid Settlement and how the money relates to the former Bellone officials.
County Comptroller John Kennedy, who has requested a Suffolk County Board of Ethics investigation, called possible conflicts over the new positions taken by Bellone and three members of his administration “disturbing.”
“I have done financial disclosure every year since 1987,” Kennedy said. “I have to affirm that I have not used my public position to develop private employment.
We now have four highly placed former county employees, including a county executive, who are on private payrolls within 70 days of separation. I am requesting a county ethics board opinion and will work with the county executive’s office to revise the code to make it clear that this revolving door behavior is unacceptable.”
Answering a question that has swirled in political circles for months—what will Bellone do once he leaves public office?—the former county executive took a job with Northwell Health in Staten Island as an assistant vice president of operations. Northwell is the largest health system in the state, with 85,000 employees treating over two million New Yorkers every year. County officials said the healthcare giant received the lion’s share of the opioid settlement money, won from purveyors of the highly addictive narcotic, handed out by the Bellone administration.
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Bellone’s former deputy, Vanessa Baird-Streeter, raised eyebrows when she took over as head of the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island, a Huntington Station nonprofit that received $75,000 from the Bellone administration prior to him leaving office. Baird-Streeter’s predecessor at the council was Rebecca Sanin, now a member of the Suffolk Legislature.
Another former county employee, Scott Mastellon, went from chief of Bellone’s Department of Information Technology to SVAM, a Great Neck company that Suffolk previously contracted with for computer technology work. According to Kennedy, Bellone used emergency powers after the 2022 cyberattack that crippled county government for months to okay nearly $14 million in “unnecessary” spending without legislative approval, a matter he said he has referred to District Attorney Raymond Tierney for investigation.
“Most of the people who died from opioids in Suffolk came from Brookhaven,” noted County Executive Edward Romaine, the former town supervisor. “The second most came from Islip. How much did the two largest towns get from the opioid money? How about zero,” Romaine exclaimed. “How much did the district attorney’s office get? Zero. How much did the medical examiner get? Zero.”
According to Romaine, who said his office will conduct a full review of the opioid disbursements in conjunction with the county controller, no minutes of the meetings conducted by Attard’s committee were taken, and records pertaining to the expenditures may have been removed. District Attorney Tierney has offered former Bellone administration employees a one-month amnesty to return any records they may have or face possible prosecution (see related story in this week’s South Shore Press).
“New York State Public Officers Law specifically identifies
News also broke last week that Bellone’s former chief of staff, Ryan Attard, was named vice president and chief operating officer of the Family & Children’s Association (FCA). Under Bellone, Attard chaired the county committee that funneled $1.87 million in opioid money to the Garden City nonprofit.
eliminating the concept of a revolving door with individuals moving from public office to positions in the private sector that they interacted with as government officials,” Kennedy said, adding, “It is becoming apparent that all opioid funding now needs a thorough review.”
Kennedy quoted the county’s ethics law as well: "No public servant shall solicit, negotiate for, or accept employment with any firm which is involved in business dealings with the county while such public servant is directly concerned with or personally participating in those business dealings on behalf of the county."
In published reports, Bellone noted that Attard “was not required to file a recusal form when applying for the position with FCA, which posted in December, because she was not personally or directly dealing with FCA at that time.” He also said his position at Northwell “did not require submission of a recusal form because I was not personally or directly dealing with Northwell Health or personally involved in any of their business dealings as a county official at the time.”
Tuttle Elementary first grade students got a firsthand lesson on how to care for and hatch chickens, as the fruits of their labor literally came to life on “Chick Day” at the school.
The Yaphank Educational Center gifted eight baby chicks to the first grade students. They were placed in an incubator inside the classroom, which was donated by the school PTO. Once the baby chicks hatched, the school celebrated with “Chick Day” for all to see.
A lesson was then given to students on the chicken’s life cycle.
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Anyone removing government files while Steve Bellone was heading for the door after 12 years as county executive has one month to return them under an amnesty offer announced by Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney. After that, they face prosecution in a case that has grown into Suffolk’s own “File Gate.”
Saying that it is in the best interest of the public, Tierney took the extraordinary step of revealing that an investigation is underway, a move rarely made by a prosecutor. Any missing records, Suffolk officials said, could be valuable in getting to the bottom of the cyberattack that crippled the county in 2022 and could assist in a probe of the money allocated to organizations Bellone and some of his staffers went to work for after he left office on January 1.
Tierney confirmed in a statement that he has “received allegations that, during the transition of county administrations, members of the outgoing Bellone administration improperly destroyed and removed data belonging to Suffolk County.”
Offering an explanation why the
investigation was made public, his chief deputy, Alan Bode said it was “determined that the public’s awareness would assist the investigation or mitigate harm from any alleged criminality.”
Tierney is looking into any duplication or destruction of records and whether any actions by the Bellone administration were inadvertent or intentional, and if criminal charges are warranted. According to a source speaking on the condition of anonymity, the outgoing county executive left no files or electronic data. The county executive’s suite turned over to the new executive, Edward Romaine, was described as a “mess.”
The investigation was spurred by Suffolk Comptroller John Kennedy, who said he was tipped off by several county employees that email records were destroyed and equipment that would hold the information was deactivated.
“This is theft of public property and could be damaging to government operations,” Kennedy said.
“Ray Tierney is doing something that no other DA has done before; he announced that he's investigating this and saying when they return the records, they won't
be prosecuted,” Romaine stressed. “There will be amnesty. And the reason is because these records are vital to the security of the county; they could harm the county in a major way.”
Legislator Anthony Piccirillo pointed to a “transition of power” law he sponsored after taking office in 2020 and finding an empty office that requires outgoing county officials to retain documents
and other information for their successors. He is chairman of a special committee investigating the cyberattack, an effort that has yet to produce a report pending an appearance by Bellone Deputy Lisa Black. Concern has been raised that data that would aid the investigation, which is expected to detail how attackers accessed the county’s computer system and make security recommendations, may have been deleted or destroyed. County
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A rate hike is on tap for customers of the Suffolk County Water Authority, with average quarterly bills going up $4.18 starting June 1. A typical residential ratepayer will see their annual water cost go up to about $574, a nearly 3% hike under the new rate schedule passed by the authority board of directors.
The rate increase to cover a $304 million spending plan comes on the heels of a 4.1% jump last year for the authority’s 1.2 million customers. SCWA officials, who stressed that the rates are lower than other Long Island water providers, attributed the higher fees to rising costs and capital project debt.
The water authority’s 2024-2025 budget includes $158.7 million for annual operating and maintenance costs, $103.5 million for capital improvements, and interest on debt at $41 million. The spending package, 6% higher than the previous year, anticipates about $9.8 million in reserve funds.
The authority also approved a service charge increase from $32.07 to $33.18. Users in Tier 1 of the rate schedule, the standard rate, will see costs go up 9 cents for every thousand gallons to about $2.41 from the current $2.33 charge. A conservation rate, charged to larger users consuming more than 89,760 gallons per quarter, will increase by 13 cents per thousand gallons for amounts above the threshold. This new rate will go to $3.48 per thousand gallons, up from the current $3.36, meaning if you use a lot of water, you’ll pay more.
The water authority also charges customers an $80 annual surcharge to deal with polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “Forever Chemicals,” and other groundwater contaminants, requirements made more stringent by state and federal regulators. The surcharge remains unchanged in this budget cycle.
The water authority has been keeping busy, recently announcing
the installation of 1,480 feet of new water mains in Shirley to eliminate dead ends in the system.
“Dead ends can create challenges when flushing water mains in certain areas,” Board Chairman Charles Lefkowitz noted. “With this project complete, residents will not only see improved water service, but they will also experience the
benefits that come from easily flushed water mains. This is an exciting project for us at the Suffolk County Water Authority, and we are proud to see it come to fruition.”
Suffolk Legislator James Mazzarella added, "This project will result in improved distribution of water, pressure, and fire protection in the area. It will also help to
officials are also looking into where Bellone staff members went to work after he was term limited out, and if those organizations received county funds.
“Anyone in possession of county data is advised to take no further action to destroy or duplicate such data as this may subject them to additional charges,” Tierney warned. Given the obvious public interest in the rapid recovery of any files, he said his office will offer an “amnesty period for anyone who is in inadvertent possession of county data who wishes to make arrangements for its return.”
The South Shore Press was unable to obtain comment on the investigation from Bellone or members of his defunct administration.
The situation is reminiscent of the File Gate case against former President Donald Trump, who was charged after federal agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate and seized Oval Office records. Public scandals described with the word “Gate” harken back to the days of President Richard Nixon and a break in at the Democrat National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office building in Washington, DC.
resolve sediment buildup in the system."
The agency also recently installed 1,400 feet of main in Patchogue and 20,000 feet in Manorville to serve 116 homes that had contaminated tap water, among other recent expansion projects in Huntington and Sayville.
Experts will be on hand April 10 for a special WaterTalk at the Mastic Recreation Center beginning at 6 p.m. Hosted by the Suffolk County Water Authority, the event will provide an opportunity for residents to learn more about their drinking water and interact with the experts.
Anyone interested in the topic of water who cannot attend can view the event virtually with the link available at www.scwa.com. The water provider, which serves 1.2 million Suffolk residents, can also be reached by email at WaterTalk@ scwa.org.
“The Suffolk County Water Authority is passionate about fostering a dialogue with our residents to help them better understand the services we provide,” said SCWA Chairman Charles Lefkowitz. “WaterTalks provides them with the opportunity to ask questions, which is especially important at a time when news about water quality is never far
from the ears of Long Islanders. We look forward to seeing residents from Mastic and the surrounding area at this upcoming event.”
The WaterTalk series features a panel of experts who discuss topics such as drinking water quality, the ways in which the SCWA is implementing new infrastructure to improve water service and quality, the importance of conservation, and more. During the discussion, attendees are invited to ask questions.
“Water is Suffolk County’s most precious natural resource, and SCWA officials hope attendees come away from this event with increased knowledge about their water and increased trust in the product being delivered to their homes,” said Authority Director Jeff Szabo.
Residents who are interested in attending the SCWA WaterTalk can register by emailing WaterTalk@ scwa.org. Residents who would prefer to attend virtually can do so at www.scwa.com.
A special guest was part of Suffolk’s Irish Heritage Celebration: Internationally known historian, author, and composer Michael McCormack, a top official of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
McCormack helped organize a division of the Hibernians in 1967 and served as its Secretary, Vice President, and President before his knowledge of Irish history earned him the post of Division Historian.
The Centereach resident is a U.S. Army veteran with a long career as a writer and editor with a number of publications, including the Hibernian Digest, Irish Echo, Arizona Desert Shamrock, San Francisco Gael, Florida Irish American, as well as St Patrick’s Monthly and Ireland’s Eye magazines in Ireland.
He won the AOH National Essay Competition for three years straight starting in 1978, and became the first ever to win the bronze, silver, and gold National Awards in three consecutive years. He was elected Suffolk County Hibernian Vice President and soon settled into the office of County Historian.
McCormack was elected to the AOH New York State Board as Director for Long Island in 1982 and by 1984, was State Historian. He succeeded himself in all three offices and in 1988, was appointed
to the National Board. Soon after, he was named National Historian, becoming only the second person ever to hold the same office at all four levels of the Order at the same time.
Looking to create a forum for Ireland’s musical heritage, McCormack hosted “Echoes of Ireland,” a weekly radio program at WLIM in Patchogue in 1983. A year later, WLIM was rated the number-one station in the county in his time slot. He was also featured in AIRPLAY Magazine and on several TV documentaries on Irish themes. He continued his program on Long Island’s top station, WALK, for 21 years until illness forced him to retire.
McCormack has written
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Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a Medford man.
Pawel Andrzejczyk, was driving a 2015 Mercedes-Benz eastbound on Express Drive South, near Victorian Lane.
three songs which have been recorded by top artists. He also plays the bodhran, a traditional Irish drum, and performed at Carnegie Hall along with the Chieftains and Richard Harris. He can be heard on many songs by famous Irish artists and wrote and directed a two-act musical pageant, Emigrant Immigrant, which starred 23 prominent Irish musicians, dancers, singers, and actors.
McCormack worked with local officials to win historic landmark status for the former Manorville home of the Irish patriot, Tom Clarke and was the prime mover behind a Wicklow Granite monument, carved in Ireland, at the site. He was also involved with the publicity for the New Suffolk test site of the first U.S. Submarine, the Holland I, invented by Irish-born John Holland, and spear-headed a nationwide fundraiser to get his original submarines properly displayed in museums. In addition, he served on the committee that erected a centennial memorial to the men and women of Ireland’s Easter Rising.
McCormack helped create a
set of history panels explaining Ireland’s Great Hunger of 184550 for the international tour of the Jeanie Johnston, a full-scale replica of the three-masted ship that carried Irish Immigrants to America in 1848. He is a member of the New York Irish History Roundtable and is an honorary member of both the Suffolk Police and Suffolk Firefighters Emerald Societies. He’s been Grand Marshal in a number of St. Patrick’s Day Parades, including Ronkonkoma, Glen Cove, Patchogue, and Port
St. Lucie, FL.
McCormack was part of the bicentennial commemoration of the 1798 Irish Rebellion and, while there, was privileged to speak at the grave of national hero Wolfe Tone and at the Commodore Barry Memorial in Wexford. He is a recipient of the Washington D.C. Friends of Ireland Award and had the honor of speaking at the Grave of the Patriots at Arbour Hill during the 2016 Centennial Commemoration of the Easter Rising in Dublin.
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What do you want to be when you grow up?
It’s a question posed to all of us at some point.
That answer was easier to answer for a group of EastportSouth Manor Jr.-Sr. High School students, who participated in “Career Connection Week” in the school’s library.
The district’s Shared Decision Making Team invited a number of professionals from different fields to share their experiences with students, inspire them, and
answer all of their questions about the working world.
“This was a unique experience for community members and parents to share their experiences in the workforce and to inspire and help students to start thinking about their careers,” said ESM Jr.Sr. High School Assistant Principal Kristyn Pellegrini.
Students were able to learn about jobs in many fields, including medical, public relations, small business owners, civil service, law, accounting, entertainment, security, and transportation.
The Suffolk County Police Department is putting out a plea to the public for anyone who witnessed a fatal crash in East Moriches or if they have information about those involved in the accident.
The crash left the Medford man with serious injuries. He was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital.
The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Anyone with information on this crash is asked to call the Suffolk County Police Department’s Sixth Squad at 631.854.8652.
According to police, Andrzejczyk ignored a construction worker who was directing traffic and subsequently hit a construction vehicle on the job site.
Police said 66-year-old Donald Kwarta was behind the wheel of a 2018 GMC Yukon and was driving westbound on Sunrise Highway. Law enforcement stated that’s when Kwarta lost control of his vehicle, veered into the median in the middle of the road, and crossed into the eastbound lane.
dead at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.
The driver of the Mack Truck, 58-year-old Keith Schwamb, was taken to the same hospital and treated for minor injuries.
After the fatal crash, the Mack truck was inspected by the Motor Carrier Safety Section. The GMC Yukon was impounded for a safety check.
That Mack truck was on the eastbound shoulder of the road. The impact of the crash killed Kwarta, who was pronounced
That is when cops said the GMC Yukon, which traveled oneeighth-of-a-mile going the wrong way, hit a parked Mack truck head on.
Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident and need to hear from you if you witnessed this fatal crash. You can call them at 631.852.8752. Tips will remain confidential.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Happy Easter to you and your families! Thank you for your love for the inspired Word of God. Thank you for your love for the Resurrection appearances of our Lord in this Easter season and the way your lives are set on fire in your meditation and contemplation of these mysteries. Thank you for your fidelity to the Eucharist and the Sunday Mass and your Catholic spirit of evangelization. Thank you for being instruments of Eucharistic Revival.
In The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis states: "Christ's resurrection is not an event of the past; it contains a vital power which has permeated the world. Where all seems to be dead, signs of the resurrection suddenly spring up. It is an irresistible force... Each day in our world beauty is born anew, iti rises
transformed through the storms of history...Such is the power of the resurrection, and all who evangelize are instruments of that power." (276)
We continue to live through "the storms of history" and we rely on the Risen Lord and his glorified wounds to touch the wounds ni Ukraine, the Middle East, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the region of the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and Sudan, as well as Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and so many other troubled areas of the world.'
We ask the Risen Lord and his glorified wounds to touch the wounds experienced in our own country.
In The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton captured the power of our Lord's Resurrection experienced in the cycles of history. He wrote: "Christendom
has had a series of revolutions and in each one of them Christianity has died. Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave."
This Easter and every Easter we celebrate this Everlasting Man who knew his way out of the
grave and who invites us and the Catholic Church on Long Island to a great Resurrection.
Sincerely yours in the Risen Lord,
Most Reverend John O. Barres
Diocese of Rockville Centre
Members of the Commerdinger Family have left their mark on the Smithtown community, having served as town assessor, postmaster, and operators of the Nesconset General Store and Post Office. Their memory will forever be preserved through Suffolk’s Walter S. Commerdinger, Jr. County Park.
Commerdinger settled in Nesconset in the early 1900s when his father purchased a parcel of land on Lake Avenue. Walter Senior was active in community affairs and served as the Smithtown Town Assessor in the 1920s and 1930s. Walter's mother was a member of the Crolius Family, who were one of the first potters in New York City in the early 1700s.
After serving in France during World War I, the junior Commerdinger returned home and purchased the Nesconset General Store and Post Office. He became the second Nesconset
Postmaster from 1926 to 1933 and then again from 1946 through 1959.
Like his father before him, Commerdinger was active in local government and community affairs, having served as a charter member of various organizations that had a major impact on local affairs.
For generations, the Commerdinger Family owned all of the property north of Lake Ronkonkoma. That land today is known as the 90-acre Lily Ponds Park & Nature Preserve. It will remain natural and preserved forever, thanks to the generosity and foresight of the Commerdinger Family. Until 2006, the family lived in a historic home on a 5.7-acre parcel within the preserve. Developers targeted it for housing, but through the coordinated efforts of the Suffolk officials and the Commerdinger Family, the land was preserved as a county park.
Sadly, the home, with portions dating back to 1810, was neglected during the last 12 years of former county Executive Steve Bellone’s administration and is in dilapidated condition. His successor, Edward Romaine, a former history teacher, said he supports the rehabilitation of the historic homes owned by the county, which include properties at Swan River and Robert Cushman Murphy Park in Manorville, Avery Homestead in East Patchogue, and the Hawkins House in Moriches.
Legislator Leslie Kennedy noted that the former Commerdinger home features a 1960s World’s Fair kitchen, and when she toured it with other county officials, she said they found Civil War discharge papers
belonging to a previous owner. According to Kennedy, funds have been approved to repair the basement of the home, which she said she would like to be made into a community center.
The Commerdinger estate boasts a diversity of wildlife and wooded trails winding down to Lake Ronkonkoma. Much of the land has been untouched since the last ice age 10,000 years ago when a huge piece of ice left behind by a receding glacier created the “kettlehole” lake. A headwater to the lake, the park hosts a vast ecosystem of wetlands and marshes vital to keeping Suffolk’s water clean. A smaller waterway, Lily Pond, is filled with the floating vegetation that is its namesake.
Eyes will look to the skies Monday, April 8 as a large swath of the country will see a total solar eclipse when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun. The Earth’s satellite will start its path in front of the star at 2:12 p.m. and at 3.26 p.m., will completely blot it out. At the moment of “Totality,” the moon, which is the perfect size to completely cover the Sun, will appear as a dark disc as light dances around its edges. The Earth will become decidedly darker. After the total eclipse, the moon will continue on its 2,000-plus mile-per-hour path until it completely passes by at 4:37 p.m.
DO NOT look directly at the Sun during the eclipse, or any time for that matter, since the bright rays will damage your eyes. Special glasses are made to view the eclipse–not regular sunglasses–and a pair can be picked up at the state Welcome Center between Long Island Expressway Exits 51 and 52 in Dix Hills. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has had a special Interagency Task Force working for the last 17 months to prepare the state for the event, urged residents to
be wary of counterfeit glasses that may not offer adequate eye protection. She also asked for people to be patient while traveling to watch the eclipse and cautioned against phony accommodations advertised in the optimal viewing areas.
“We saw from the last experience many years ago that there were a lot of traffic jams and people running out of gas," Hochul noted. "We're not going to let that happen in New York. We're New Yorkers, and we'll be prepared." While partial eclipses are more common, the last time New York experienced
a total covering of the Sun was in 1925. The next totality for the state will be in 2079. While Long Island will see a neartotal eclipse, the exact path for maximum coverage will span across 29 counties in the western and northern parts of the state, drawing viewers to those areas and necessitating the abundance of caution expressed by the governor.
"The April 8 eclipse is a oncein-a-generation experience, and there’s no better place to view it than in our beautiful state," Hochul said. "New York is ready to welcome millions of
visitors, and my administration has been working hard to ensure everyone in the path of the eclipse can safely enjoy this rare event. I encourage anyone traveling for this experience to plan on arriving early to their destination and staying late to enjoy all of what our state has to offer."
Showing off her “I NY” spirit, the governor offered, “Come for the eclipse, stay for New York.” The Buffalo Bills football team, the only NFL franchise that actually plays in the state, appeared in a promotional video as part of a multi-platform ad campaign. They’ve even created a special 80-song eclipse playlist on Spotify, featuring classics such as Bonnie Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles, David Bowie's “Starman,” and “Welcome to New York” by Taylor Swift. For more information, visit www. iloveny.com.
Man’s recognition of eclipses dates back thousands of years.
Petroglyphs in Ireland caves over 5,000 years old show drawings of the celestial events. Scribes in China 3,000 years ago recorded eclipses on oxen shoulder blades
and tortoise shells known as oracle bones. They noted that the “The Sun has been eaten.” A team of astronomers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory studied these records to research changes in Earth’s rotation. Knowing exactly when the eclipse was seen and where the Moon's shadow fell on Earth enabled them to calculate the rate of Earth's spin and determine that it has slowed down 47 thousandths of a second per day in the past 3,200 years.
Lunar eclipses also occur when the Earth passes between the moon and the Sun. Christopher Columbus used his knowledge of the movement of the sphere’s to save himself and his crew during one of his voyages. The explorer found himself stranded in Hispaniola and the native inhabitants were growing weary of the foreign presence. They stopped providing food and were becoming hostile. Knowing an eclipse would occur, Columbus told the tribal leader that God was angry with their treatment of him and would show it by making the moon appear “inflamed with wrath.” When his prediction came to pass, they supplied Columbus’ ships with fresh provisions and begged him to pray to his God for protection.
One year after a fatal hit and run crash in Patchogue, Suffolk County Police made an arrest of the person who they believe was behind the wheel of a vehicle that fled the scene.
It was March 12th, 2023 when 25-year-old Nicholas Puzio was struck by two cars one minute apart and later died at Long Island Community Hospital.
The driver of the first car that hit Puzio at the early morning hours on Medford Avenue,
19-year-old Jurado-Zavala, of Les Street in Bay Shore, was arrested last year and charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident with a Fatality.
He entered a plea of not guilty to those charges and is awaiting trial.
For over a year police searched for the second vehicle that also struck Puzio one minute later.
Cops believe they now have their man.
Police placed Patchogue resident Jesus Matute under
arrest and charged him with Leaving the Scene of an Accident with a Fatality.
Law enforcement said the 73-year-old was behind the wheel of a 2005 Nissan SUV that was the second car that took off after Puzio was hit and killed.
Police are still investigating the fatal hit and run crash. Anyone with information is asked to call Major Case Unit detectives at 631-852-6553 or Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
The Suffolk County Police Department needs your help to
Take a wild guess where this next alleged crime took place? If you thought “a Target in Medford” you would be correct. Police believe this is the grown man who stole action figures from that store. He apparently enjoys toys and tattoos.
MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY THIRSTY
This appears to be the moment an accused shoplifter looked up and realized a security camera was
catch these accused crooks who they said committed illegal misdeeds around the region.
Do you recognize those hands? Suffolk County Police sure hope you do. Cops believe this marked up robber stole groceries from a South Setauket Target store. Call Crime Stoppers if you know the man behind the hand tattoos.
catching his every move. Police said this thirsty fellow stole a bottle of Casamigos tequila from Path Liquors in Coram. He fled the scene in a green Chevrolet Cobalt.
Folks must be hurting in this Biden economy, because another suspected criminal is wanted by police for allegedly stealing groceries. Police said this woman took off from a Medford Target with a bunch of food in her shopping cart.
Law enforcement believe this woman ripped off merchandise from a Farmingville Stop and Shop to the tune of $350, then took off in a black 2018 Volkswagen Jetta.
TARGET IS A TARGET THIS WEEK
This dynamic duo of shoplifting are accused of stealing almost $400 worth of jewelry from a Medford Target store.
If Warrant Watch had $1 for every time we mentioned “Target'' this week we’d be millionaires. This brazen bandit is accused of stealing merchandise from a Centereach Target store.
All of the accused are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If you know any of these people, Suffolk County Police ask you to call them right away at 1.800.220.TIPS (8477). All tips will remain confidential. Information can also be sent electronically by visiting 222.P3Tips.com. You can also download the Crime Stoppers mobile app in Google Play or the App Store by searching P3 Tips.
Unauthorized claims related to urinary catheters that weren’t ordered by Medicare beneficiaries were exposed as the “Fraud of the Month” by the New York StateWide Senior Action Council. Scammers are targeting seniors and billing for supplies that aren’t medically necessary and the council wants to warn seniors and help them file complaints.
“This activity hurts the Medicare program and compromises the beneficiary’s medical identity,” said Maria Alvarez, Executive Director of StateWide, a 52-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated
to advocating for the needs and well-being of New York’s approximately 2.5 million senior citizens. The bogus charges can range from $1,200 to $2,400, Alvarez noted.
“One of our key initiatives is the Senior Medicare Patrol, the definitive resource for New York State’s senior citizens and caregivers to help detect, prevent, and report Medicare fraud and waste,” Alvarez explained. An important component of the Senior Medicare Patrol program is a monthly “Fraud of the Month,” which calls attention to the various kinds of fraud perpetrated on our State’s elderly. This month we are
advising seniors to watch out for Unwanted Catheters Billed to Medicare.
“Thankfully, we have organizations such as StateWide to keep an eye out for fraud and help seniors avoid scams,” said state Assemblyman Joseph DeStefano. “They are an important part of the system.”
StateWide, which is the state’s grantee/administrator for the federal program. advises New York’s Seniors to protect themselves from such fraud by doing the following:
Do not accept ANY medical supplies unless they were expressly ordered by a trusted physician or caregiver.
Be suspicious of those who offer “free” medical supplies, then ask for your health insurance information.
Medicare Beneficiaries should always be cautious of any unsolicited requests for their Medicare number, do not give it out to ANYONE but your doctor or other trusted caregiver.
Review Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs) and Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) for claims out of state or by a doctor who is unfamiliar.
There are many faith based greetings and statements Christians make to mark what many believe is the most sacred and holy of all holidays: the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
“It is Finished” said Jesus as he drew his last breath on the cross.
“He is Risen” is what we share to mark a season of faith, hope, and rebirth.
Left wing liberal lunatics
President Joseph Biden and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, both Catholics, are adding to the Easter lexicon:
“Happy Transgender Day of Visibility!!!!!”
That’s right. You read that correctly.
Catholic President Biden declared Easter Sunday, March 31st, 2024, as “Transgender Day of Visibility.”
Word for word, here is the Executive Order signed by President Biden and how he decided to honor and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus:
“By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility. I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.”
Not to be outdone in the race to insult Christians around the world, New York Governor Kathy Hochul doubled down on Biden’s bowing down to the trans cult. Catholic Hochul ordered state buildings to be lit pink, white, and light blue in honor of “Transgender Day of Visibility,” Easter Sunday 2024.
Governor Hochul believes the hallowed ground of One World Trade Center is a perfect location to ignore Easter and celebrate “Transgender Day of Visibility” by blasting those pink, white, and light blue colors up and down the length of the building.
Other state landmarks and buildings to adorn these prideful colors are the:
Kosciuszko Bridge, The H. Carl McCall SUNY Building, State Education Building, Alfred E. Smith State Office Building, Empire State Plaza, State Fairgrounds –Main Gate & Expo Center, Niagara Falls, Albany International Airport Gateway, Lake Placid Olympic Center, MTA LIRR – East End Gateway at Penn Station, Fairport Lift Bridge over the Erie Canal, and the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park.
Could they not pick another day of the year to “celebrate” Transgender Day of Visibility other than Easter Sunday?
What’s next in the woke war on Easter and Christianity?
Will Biden and Hochul declare Christmas Day “Celebrate Your Ten Year Old’s Sex Change Operation?”
How about next year make Good Friday “Praise Puberty Blocker Day?”
Better yet, instead of blowing off fireworks on the Fourth of July, Biden and Hochul can cancel Independence Day and instead force Americans to “Pick Your New Pronoun Day!”
There is no depth too low that these evil left wing lunatics will go to try and destroy Christian values and replace with bowing down to the holy altar of transgenderism and forcing children to permanently mutilate themselves at the whim of just as nutty parents.
Yes, this is literally the definition of insanity and mental illness rolled up into one.
Seniors and their caregivers can report attempts by healthcare practitioners to offer Urinary Catheters or any other medical supplies improperly by calling the Senior Medicare Patrol at 800-333-4374 or visiting www. nysenior.org. When calling, be ready with any information relating to the violation including the name of the person spoken to, date, and any other details about the incident.
If you voted for Hochul and Biden, feel free to skip Easter Mass in the future, and instead worship at the Golden Calf of government buildings lit up in pride colors to honor Transgender Day of Visibility at One World Trade Center. I’m sure many who lost innocent souls there are pleased as can be at this celebration on Easter Sunday.
neither of these soulless Trans worshippers, keep the faith.
We get a chance to vote both of them out of office, God willing. America can send Joe Biden back to his basement where he belongs this year, and Kathy Hochul can be sent packing back to Western New York in November 2026.
Spare me the indignation if you cast a ballot for either one of these two enemies of all things good. You are to blame for this woke nuttiness. For those of us who voted for
Until then, from my family to yours, have a Happy and Blessed Easter Season. Shocking that sentence can be so controversial in New York on Easter Sunday.
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Still pressing for answers four years later, state legislators marked the anniversary of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to send COVID victims to nursing homes, leading to the deaths of nearly 15,000 seniors. The infamous order was a public health catastrophe that devastated long-term care facilities and nursing home populations during the pandemic.
Local officials assembled in Albany along with organizations such as Voices for Seniors and residents who lost family members after Cuomo directed COVIDinfected patients from hospitals to the senior homes. The group renewed their call for a longawaited independent review of the state’s disastrous COVID response. Despite commitments from the Hochul Administration to conduct an investigation, little to no progress has been made, they noted. As thousands of families continue to wait for answers, the investigation process has only identified an outside consultant, The Olson Group, Ltd., from Virginia. Hochul was also urged to convene a promised “Reimagining Long-Term Care Task Force.”
“Assembly and Senate Republicans have repeatedly requested legislative hearings equipped with subpoena power to seek answers and provide accountability for the families who lost loved ones due to the previous administration’s mishandling of the pandemic,” said Medford Assemblyman Joseph DeStefano, a Republican who attended the somber anniversary event. “The now publicly disclosed
After suffering losses in State Supreme Court and at the Appellate Division, supporters of the New York City law to allow illegal immigrants and noncitizens to vote in local elections filed their notice of appeal with New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals.
Days later, the New York City Council, the body that initially passed this law, filed their own notice of appeal. The Appellate Division decision in this case, however, was correct; the state constitution does not allow illegal immigrants and noncitizens to vote. The Court of Appeals must uphold the integrity of our elections and let this decision stand.
Unlike the U.S. Constitution, our state constitution explicitly protects the right to vote. The right to vote, however, is a right that can only be exercised by citizens.
intentional omission of information by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his staff, and the damaging reports from Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James support the need for further examination of the state’s COVID response by an independent entity. The lack of action is verging on criminal negligence.”
“Four years. Over 15,000 dead. No one has been held accountable,” said Tracey Alvino of Voices for Seniors,” whose grandmother died of “failure to thrive, which became an epidemic on death certificates as the elderly withered away and gave up on life.” Alvino promised: “We won’t stop until there is justice for every person that was killed with a stroke of Andrew Cuomo’s pen.”
Earlier this month, Cuomo, a Democrat, was subpoenaed by a Congressional panel investigating his role in the pandemic. “Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo implemented nursing home policies that had deadly consequences for New York’s most vulnerable population,” said the chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Ohio Republican Brad Wenstrup. “Not only did the former governor put the elderly in harm’s way, but he also attempted to cover up his failures by hiding the true nursing home death rate. It appears that politics, not medicine, was responsible for these decisions and that while Mr. Cuomo is adept at seeking legal advice, he is not necessarily adept at seeking medical advice.” Wenstrup continued: “Former Gov. Cuomo owes answers to the 15,000 families who lost loved ones
in New York nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. His testimony is crucial to uncovering the circumstances that led to his misguided policies and for ensuring that fatal mistakes never happen again. It is well past time for Cuomo to stop dodging accountability to Congress and start answering honestly to the American people.”
The subpoena moved a Cuomo spokesman to lash out in a statement: "This is an obvious press charade: they issue a subpoena as a press release. The simple fact remains that this issue has been reviewed three times by the Department of Justice under Trump and Biden, as well as Congress and the Manhattan District Attorney who found no there there. New York followed the guidance put forth by the Trump administration in March of 2020 - as did other Democratic and Republican states. If they have a problem with that, they should look in the mirror. Congress knows this, but it's not about the facts; this is about politics.”
Cuomo initially praised President Donald Trump for his actions during COVID, including his sending the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort to New York to care for patients, and then turned against him.
Former New York Lieutenant Gov. Betsy McCaughey, an outspoken opponent of Cuomo’s COVID response, including the $5.1 million advance he received for writing a book about it, charges that he bowed to the requests of the hospital lobby, a top political contributor, which wanted the COVID patients out of their facilities. In order stifle kudos for Trump during the
crisis, McCaughey argues, Cuomo declined to utilize the Navy ship or a massive COVID center set up by the federal government at the Javits Convention Center and instead, sent the patients to the nursing homes.
Marc Molinaro, a Republican representing a district south of the state Capitol, noted, “Today is an emotional day for so many. Four years ago, Gov. Cuomo mandated that COVID-19-positive seniors be forced into nursing homes. Instead of addressing it, he covered it up. Actions should have consequences. Those responsible for the deadly mandate and cover-up must be held to account.”
Speaking at the anniversary event, the leader of the state Assembly Republicans, Will Barclay, agreed: “Four years of unanswered questions, four years of families grieving, four years of zero transparency. Gov. Kathy Hochul
promised families an independent review of the state’s policies during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic; New York families are still awaiting that review. The state’s approach to the pandemic was severely mishandled, and we will continue to fight until proper action is taken. We must seek to learn from the mistakes of the past, or I fear, we will be doomed to repeat them in the future.”
The leader of the state Senate Republicans, Rob Ortt, concluded: “The best way to ensure New York is better prepared in the future, is to openly and honestly assess the mistakes of the past. Thousands of families continue to mourn the loss of their loved ones in nursing homes due to the disastrous March 25th directive from former Gov. Cuomo. They deserve the thorough, transparent investigation that was promised, not more inaction from their state government.”
The New York City law that was challenged is unconstitutional; it is dangerous as well. Under New York City’s noncitizen voter law, a Russian national working at the Russian consulate and living in New York City would be eligible to vote in local New York City elections. The same is true for Chinese nationals. As outrageous as it seems, under New York City’s law, nothing would stop foreign nationals from states hostile to America and Americans from voting in local New York City elections.
And New York City isn’t the only municipality to attempt to open up its local elections to noncitizens. A number of other local governments have followed the Big Apple’s lead. In Vermont, three cities — including Montpelier, the state capital, and Burlington, Vermont’s largest
Neither the state government nor any local government has the power to extend this right to vote to noncitizens.
city — permit noncitizens to vote in local elections. When these laws were challenged, Vermont’s highest court, amazingly, found nothing impermissible with giving the right to vote to noncitizens, and the noncitizen voter laws were allowed to remain in place.
This movement to allow noncitizens to vote has even reached our nation’s capital. The government of the District of Columbia, in 2022, enacted a law to allow noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. The law was challenged, but a court recently rejected this lawsuit on procedural grounds.
Thankfully, efforts are underway to stop the movement to grant voting rights to noncitizens. An amendment to the state constitution prohibiting noncitizens from voting will appear on the ballot in Wisconsin this fall. More recently, an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting noncitizens from voting in any elections was introduced in the Illinois state legislature. Concerned state legislators introduced this amendment after at least one Illinois city began toying with the idea of opening up its elections to noncitizens.
New Yorkers, however, are fortunate; we have a state constitution that upholds the integrity of our electoral system and clearly states that citizens — and only citizens — may vote in our elections.
The voting rights of American citizens are infringed upon when voting rights are granted to noncitizens. New York City made a terrible decision almost three years ago by opening up its local elections to noncitizens. Both courts to hear the challenge to this law made the right decision, defended our state constitution, and invalidated the noncitizen voter law. The Court of Appeals must uphold these lower court decisions and maintain the integrity of New York’s electoral system.
Joseph T. Burns is a Republican election lawyer and the former Deputy Director of Election Operations at the New York State Board of Elections.
No one knows the power, anger, and wretched wrath Sheldon Silver once yielded in the halls of Albany more than former Democratic New York State Assemblyman Michael “Mickey” Kearns.
The year was 2012. Kearns, who now serves as Erie County Clerk, was in a hotly contested special election against an establishment Democrat.
His main campaign message: I won’t take marching orders from legislative dictator Silver and won’t support him for Speaker.
This hard line stance made Kearns “persona non grata” with Democrats and especially the Assembly Speaker.
“He was so powerful. But I ran against him. When I won Silver said to me ‘a lot of guys run campaigns against me, then they fall into line.’ His aide told me ‘when I tell you how to vote, you vote that way.’ While I didn’t do that, lots of people succumbed to that power,” said Kearns.
Silver left this mortal coil more than two years ago, on January 24th, 2022. Just recently “The City” publication posted a poignant, tragic, and sad story on his final days in federal prison. Silver died
in solitude behind bars in a prison hospital, serving time on a public corruption charge.
The man who once ruled Albany with an iron first died frail and alone.
Politicians and lobbyists once lined the hallways of his office, begging for him to allow legislation to be passed.
No one came to see Silver as he lay dying on his deathbed according to The City. He lost 60 pounds because of horrific intestinal issues, could not move due to debilitating back pain, and prison officials blocked his wife from seeing him.
Sheldon “Shelly” Silver was a shell of his former self. The Albany Kingmaker whose subjects bowed down and repeatedly kissed the Speaker’s ring died a broken, lonely peasant.
He died alone on a cold prison hospital bed.
It is one of the biggest rises and falls in the history of New York politics, one Kearns reflected on during an interview with the South Shore Press. The way he died compared to how he ruled and dominated could not be more different.
“We did not get along. I looked him right in the face and told him
‘I’m not voting for you for Speaker. I’m not supporting you.’ Silver threatened me. He wanted my 100% approval. I wouldn't give him that,” added Kearns.
The political and legislative consequences for not bowing and buckling to Silver were swift and severe. Kearns was not allowed to join his own Democratic conference. He was given no staff in Albany. Silver refused to bring any of his proposed bills to the floor. Kearns held firm and held his
head high. He was a conference of one.
As for Silver, his sharp and hard downfall began shortly after being charged in the kickback scheme that ultimately led to his prison sentence. He submitted his resignation as Speaker on January 30th, 2015, but remained a member of the Assembly. Silver became a lonely backbencher, one of 150 lawmakers.
No one came to his defense when Silver needed it most.
“I was close friends with a New
ByStefanMychajliw
Even before the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7th of last year, the New York State Republican Senate Minority created an “antisemitism working group” with the goal of collecting a report on rampant discrimination and attacks on Jews across New York State.
After hosting two roundtable meetings, the working group released its final report on the rising tide of antisemitism across the Empire State.
“I am disgusted by the recent increase of anti-Semitic hatred that we have seen in New York. The idea that any citizen should
feel threatened on the basis of their deeply held religious beliefs is sickening. Together with the other members of the working group, we have put forth necessary legislation that would ensure that our Jewish brothers and sisters no longer have to live in fear,” said Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, 9th Senate District.
The report calls for a dedicated funding stream to secure synagogues and yeshivas. Specific legislation is also enacts the “New York State Anti Semitism Vandalism Act” being recommended, including:
Blocks funding for SUNY,
CUNY or community colleges which, directly or indirectly, permit terrorist organizations on campus.
Makes a specified offense or a trespass at a house of worship a hate crime
Prohibits students from receiving TAP financial aid for college if they engage in antisemitic behavior.
Enhances penalties for those who obstruct traffic and access to buildings during protests and allow for it to qualify as a hate crime.
Expands the prohibition of harassing conduct involving Nazi symbols.
York City Assemblyman. He was close friends with Silver. When he lost the Speakership, Silver was in the members lunchroom. Someone said to him that no one fought for him when the chips were down. Silver then exploded and raged ‘all you motherfu$&ers who I helped over the years, you fu$&ed me. At least Kearns had the (testicles) to confront me to my face,’” recalled Kearns.
That moment of being abandoned and alone at a time of need turned out to be prophetic for Silver. It happened once again at the time of his death.
Silver was 77-years-old when he died of cardiac arrest. The City reported that he exhibited “altered mental status changes” as he lay dying. The former Assembly Speaker was confined to a prison hospital bed, had no friends or loved one at his side, and for all intents and purposes died alone, outside of prison staff.
“What good is being powerful when you die alone in prison? What good are the accolades? It’s sad. At the end of the day, we are not in control. God is the higher power. How you treat people matters. But he monetized his office for personal gain. Where were his friends? What a way to end your life,” concluded Kearns.
Enacts the “New York State Anti Semitism Vandalism Act.”
This makes it a crime to destroy or vandalize pro-Israeli flyers, banners, or posters.
Bans students from enrolling in or taking classes at any SUNY or CUNY school if they’ve been convicted of a hate crime.
Adds antisemitism to the definition within the State Human Rights Law.
“This report is just the beginning of our attempt to address this hate-crime in meaningful, and thoughtful ways. If this report has proven anything it is that New York must do more to combat
antisemitism. We all have a role to play. We must address higher educational institutions weeding out hate speech, the media reporting these crimes and our elected officials, in all levels of government, should put partisanship aside and pass laws to end this crime. It is essential that we do our part,,” said NYS Senator Jack Martins, Chair of the Antisemitism Working Group.
Republican State Senators sent a letter to New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, urging her to encourage Democratic colleagues in the Assembly and Senate to pass the proposed legislation and spending initiatives.
“New York is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, and it is incumbent upon us to take action to ensure nobody is ever made to feel unsafe because of their religion. I want to thank the members of the working group, as well as the stakeholders throughout the state who offered their input, for their work on this issue. The report outlines a comprehensive approach to battle antisemitism at all levels, and I hope our colleagues in the Legislature and the Governor will join us,” concluded Senate Republican Minority Leader Rob Ortt.
New York City's latest initiative, a six-week pilot program doling out preloaded debit cards to migrants for necessities like food and baby supplies, is under fire for its hefty contract and perceived handouts. While city officials defend it as a trial run, critics decry it as a misuse of taxpayer funds and an incentive for illegal immigration.
At a recent news conference, Deputy Mayor Anne WilliamsIsom tried to quell the backlash, stating, "We can take a look at it after six weeks and see what's working and what's not." However, concerns persist over the program's implications and its hefty price tag.
Despite assurances from Mayor
Eric Adams and his aides about safeguards against fraud and the program's cost-saving potential, skepticism remains high. The program, which started with a modest ten families, is now set to expand dramatically to 115 families, providing each family of four with $350 per week on debit cards.
Critics question the mixed messaging inherent in such initiatives, especially as the mayor had planned a visit to the southern border but abruptly canceled due to safety concerns. Adams attributed the cancellation to warnings from the U.S. State Department about gang violence and other dangers in Reynosa, Mexico, his intended destination.
The mayor's decision to
award Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi) a no-bid contract worth $53 million for the program has also raised eyebrows. A scathing article by columnist Nicole Gelinas
highlighted concerns about the company's suitability and warned of potential cost overruns. Adams vehemently denied these allegations, insisting that the program would cost less and disputing any personal relationship with MoCaFi's founder.
However, questions linger about the transparency and oversight of the contract, particularly as it bypassed traditional bidding processes. City Comptroller Brad Lander's certification of the deal does little to assuage concerns, especially given his previous clashes with the mayor.
In light of Adams's previous warnings about the impact of illegal immigration on the city, his current support for this program raises
ByRaheemSoto
At the solemn gathering at a Massapequa Funeral Home on Long Island, the hasty departure of New York Governor Kathy Hochul from the wake of slain New York City Police Officer Jonathan Diller sparked a chorus of claps from bystanders, captured in video footage. A mere ten minutes after her arrival, this abrupt exit cast a shadow over the somber proceedings, leaving many questioning the sincerity of political support in times of tragedy.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, Vincent Vallelong, President of the NYPD's Sergeants Benevolent Association, had issued a poignant plea, cautioning against the presence of anti-police politicians at Officer Diller's wake. His words resonated deeply, highlighting the sentiment that such appearances would do more harm than good, tarnishing the legacy of a true hero.
Former President Trump, paying his respects at the wake, spoke passionately about restoring law and order, emphasizing the profound impact of Officer Diller's sacrifice on his family and community.
eyebrows. In September 2023, he ominously declared, "This issue will destroy New York City... All of us are going to be impacted by this." Yet, his current actions seem to contradict his earlier stance, inviting scrutiny and criticism from all quarters.
As New Yorkers grapple with rising costs and concerns about the city's fiscal health, the optics of allocating millions to a pilot program for migrants raise questions about priorities and accountability. Whether this initiative is a wise investment or a costly misstep remains to be seen. Still, its rollout has already ignited a fierce debate about the city's obligations to its residents and the prudent use of taxpayer dollars.
in solidarity during times of adversity. In the face of tragedy,
unity and support must prevail, ensuring that the sacrifices made
by heroes like Officer Diller are never forgotten.
His presence was a powerful reminder of the importance of honoring those who lay down their lives in service.
Reflecting on the tragedy, Trump's words echoed the sentiment felt by many: "The Diller family will never be the same – you can never be the same, and we have to stop it. We have to get back to law and order." In stark contrast, President Biden's absence raised eyebrows, as he chose to headline a high-profile fundraiser instead of offering solace to the mourning family.
Officer Diller's tragic demise reignited debates surrounding public safety and the efficacy of current policing policies. With the suspect, Guy Rivera, boasting a lengthy criminal record, questions arose about the adequacy of law enforcement resources and support. This incident served as a sobering reminder of the dangers faced by those in uniform and the urgent need for robust support and respect for their sacrifice.
As the community grapples with Officer Diller's death, the incident highlights the unwavering dedication of law enforcement officers and the critical importance of standing
ByRaheemSotoRep. Jamaal Bowman of New York stirred controversy with his initial dismissal of reports regarding sexual assaults during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, labeling them as "propaganda." However, his subsequent reversal and attempts to clarify his stance have failed to quell the uproar, drawing sharp criticism and condemnation.
Addressing a rally of proPalestinian protesters in Westchester on November 17, Bowman's remarks cast doubt on the validity of the reports, alleging they were exploited for "propaganda" purposes. Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, Bowman persisted in his skepticism, fueling outrage among his colleagues and constituents.
Bowman evaded direct answers when pressed for clarification, opting to deflect and focus on other issues. His reluctance to address the matter head-on only intensified scrutiny on his stance.
In a subsequent statement, Bowman attempted to backtrack, condemning the acts of sexual violence attributed to Hamas and affirming his commitment to peace. "The UN confirmed that Hamas committed rape and sexual
violence, a reprehensible fact that I condemn entirely," Bowman stated. "I always stand against sexual violence in all forms and stand for peace for all."
Multiple reports of sexual violence emerged following the Oct. 7 attack, with survivors and witnesses providing harrowing testimonies. Despite mounting evidence, Bowman persisted in his skepticism, casting doubts on the credibility of the reports.
As evidence of the sexual assaults continued to surface, Bowman's credibility came under further scrutiny. His reluctance to acknowledge the gravity of the situation only served to erode trust in his leadership and judgment.
Moreover, Bowman's
controversial remarks have brought attention to his broader stance on international conflicts, particularly his views on Israel. His perceived "singling out" of Israel and alignment with anti-Israel activists have alienated him from key supporters, including progressive groups.
With a primary challenger looming on the horizon, Bowman faces pressure to address concerns surrounding his stance on Israel and his handling of sensitive issues like sexual violence. As demands for accountability grow louder, Bowman's political future hangs in the balance, overshadowed by questions regarding his credibility and judgment.
Amidst the current landscape of American policy concerns, a recent Gallup survey has unveiled a significant shift in public sentiment. This survey, conducted annually to gauge the nation's top policy concerns, has revealed a notable increase in worries regarding illegal immigration compared to the previous year, with immigration emerging as the foremost issue on citizens' minds. These findings are crucial in understanding the current policy landscape and the most pressing issues for the American public.
According to the Gallup poll, 28% of respondents cited immigration as their primary concern when prompted to list the nation's most pressing issues. This marked a significant uptick from the previous year, reflecting a growing unease surrounding border security and immigration policies. Notably, the survey indicated that Republicans displayed a particularly heightened level of concern, with a striking 73% expressing significant worry about illegal immigration.
The Gallup survey's findings come amid evolving economic conditions, where concerns about the economy and inflation have slightly receded compared to the previous year. While the economy and inflation remain prevalent issues, with 14% and 11% of respondents expressing concern, respectively, the spotlight has shifted toward immigration-related issues.
Further analysis of the Gallup data reveals a multifaceted picture of public sentiment. While immigration topped the list of unprompted concerns, issues such as government and poor leadership ranked second at 19%. The overall economic landscape, encompassing broader concerns about the economy and inflation, followed closely behind in the survey results.
Despite these overarching trends, the Gallup survey delved into the nuanced perspectives across different political affiliations. While Republicans displayed the highest levels of concern regarding illegal immigration, the issue also resonated with significant portions of Independents and Democrats. This bipartisan
concern over immigration underscores its importance as a shared issue, not just a concern of one political party.
The elevated concern surrounding immigration aligns with ongoing debates and discussions surrounding border security and immigration policies. Although migrant border crossings have seen fluctuations, remaining higher than pre-2021 levels, recent events at the border have contributed to a heightened sense of urgency among the American public.
In addition to immigration, the Gallup survey also highlighted a growing concern about the possibility of future terrorist attacks in the United States. This concern has seen a notable uptick, with a seven-point increase since the previous year, indicating a broader spectrum of worries among Americans regarding national security and safety.
As policymakers navigate these complex issues, the Gallup survey serves as a crucial tool, a barometer of public sentiment that sheds light on evolving
priorities and concerns shaping the national discourse. With immigration taking center stage in the public consciousness, it remains a pivotal issue that demands attention and action from policymakers. Suffolk County Community College Political Science Professor Nicholas Giordano offered his insights into the poll, stating, "The reason illegal immigration has become the top issue is that Americans and legal permanent residents are tired of watching officials, both elected and appointed, go above and beyond for those who are here illegally as their lives have become much more difficult.
As Americans struggle to pay their bills, they feel abandoned, especially when officials like Mayor Adams provide migrants with hotel stays, food, debit cards, etc.
To add insult to injury, they don't like when they see those who came here illegally put out social media posts encouraging other illegal immigrants to be squatters and openly mocking the goodwill of America and the American people."
In a development highlighting the failures of the Biden administration's border policies, Leonel Moreno, a fugitive Venezuelan migrant accused of illegal entry into the United States and inciting squatting through viral TikTok videos, has been apprehended by ICE agents in Columbus, Ohio, after nearly two years on the run.
Moreno, 27, had been evading authorities since April 2022 following his illegal entry through Eagle Pass, Texas. Despite being a known fugitive, he managed to exploit loopholes in the Biden administration's lax immigration enforcement, evading deportation and continuing to disseminate harmful content on social media platforms.
The arrest of Moreno shows the glaring deficiencies in the Biden administration's handling of illegal immigration. The administration's
leniency towards illegal migrants, coupled with its failure to enforce immigration laws effectively, has emboldened individuals like Moreno to flout the law and exploit the system for personal gain.
Moreno's brazen disregard for US laws was evident in his TikTok videos, where he shamelessly shared tips on invading vacant homes and circumventing legal consequences. Despite his egregious actions, the Biden administration's lax approach to border security allowed Moreno to operate with impunity, endangering communities and undermining the rule of law.
In a display of audacity, Moreno even posted distressing videos on social media platforms, attempting to portray himself as a victim of persecution. However, his claims of persecution ring hollow in the face of his documented history of promoting criminal activities and exploiting vulnerable migrants for personal gain.
The platform's suspension of Moreno's TikTok account highlights the dangers posed by individuals like him who exploit social media to disseminate harmful content and undermine public safety. While platforms like TikTok have a responsibility to moderate content, the Biden administration's failure to address the root causes
of illegal immigration has allowed individuals like Moreno to operate unchecked.
Moreover, Moreno's arrest highlights the staggering failure of the Biden administration to secure the border and enforce immigration laws effectively. Despite record numbers of encounters at the
border, only 834 Venezuelans were deported in fiscal year 2023, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data. This glaring disparity between encounters and deportations is a testament to the current administration's inability to address the crisis at the border.
As the Biden administration grapples with mounting criticism over its handling of illegal immigration, cases like Moreno's serve as a stark reminder of the urgent need for robust border security and immigration enforcement measures. The safety and security of American communities must not be compromised in the pursuit of misguided immigration policies. It's time for the Biden administration to prioritize the safety and wellbeing of American citizens and take decisive action to secure the border and uphold the rule of law.
ByRaheemSoto
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a criminal investigation into transactions tied to James Biden, brother of President Joe Biden. This development follows accusations of Medicare fraud associated with James Biden's involvement with AmeriCorps, a bankrupt hospital chain.
The focus on James Biden intensified after revelations of an alleged Medicare fraud scheme. A healthcare entrepreneur from Pennsylvania recently pleaded guilty to involvement in the scheme, which resulted in tens of millions of dollars in improper Medicare reimbursements to a hospital unit in the United States. These allegations have raised concerns about James Biden's financial dealings with AmeriCorps.
Speaking about the allegations, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R, IN-5) expressed deep concern, describing them as "truly unbelievable." She emphasized the need for transparency and accountability in investigating
any potential conflicts of interest involving the Biden family.
During a recent interview, Congresswoman Spartz stated, "It's honestly just unbelievable. It's almost like we have a crime family in the White House."
According to reports, several individuals connected to Joe Biden's inner circle, including members of his 2020 presidential campaign, have ties to AmeriCorps. An investor lawsuit alleges that a close associate of James Biden misappropriated approximately $20 million from an investor fund through fraudulent loans to AmeriCorps.
Congresswoman Spartz emphasized the significance of James Biden's association with a hospital chain facing accusations of Medicare fraud, coupled with allegations of financial impropriety. She called for a thorough investigation to ensure accountability and transparency.
"The American people deserve to know the truth about these allegations," said Congresswoman Spartz. "We cannot allow individuals to exploit the healthcare system for personal gain."
As the DOJ delves into James Biden's financial activities, calls for clarity and transparency have grown louder. The outcome of this investigation could have significant implications for the credibility of the Biden administration and its commitment to combatting Medicare fraud.
In response to inquiries about the investigation, James Biden's legal representation has vehemently denied any wrongdoing. However, as the investigation progresses, the full extent of James Biden's involvement and any potential legal consequences remain uncertain.
"The truth will come to light, and those responsible will be held
accountable,"
Congresswoman Spartz concluded. "The American people deserve nothing less."
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s independent presidential bid has taken a new turn with the announcement of Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. This development has sparked a mix of intrigue and apprehension among Democrats, particularly due to the potential impact on swing states' ballots. The risk of siphoning votes away from President Joe Biden in the upcoming election is a concern that looms large.
The Kennedy-Shanahan ticket is facing a significant challenge in securing a spot on the ballot in pivotal swing states. This uphill battle, where every vote counts, is a crucial aspect of their longshot campaign. The success of their organizing efforts and financial resources will play a critical role in navigating the complex landscape of American politics.
Past Supreme Court rulings have permitted candidates to pour unlimited personal wealth into their campaigns, a fact exemplified by figures like Michael Bloomberg. However, as history has shown, financial prowess does not guarantee electoral success, highlighting the unpredictable nature of political contests.
Despite making headway in securing ballot access in select swing states, including Arizona and Georgia, where razorthin margins determined the
outcome of the 2020 presidential race, Kennedy's campaign is not without its challenges. The absence of a listed vice presidential running mate on his Nevada petition is a potential hurdle that could derail his ballot eligibility, casting a shadow of uncertainty over the campaign's trajectory in key battlegrounds.
While Kennedy's bid for the presidency has gained traction in certain regions, Democrats linger over Its potential impact on the broader electoral landscape. Shanahan's background as an attorney, entrepreneur, and proabortion activist adds complexity to the ticket, raising questions about her political experience and the strategic rationale behind her selection.
Shanahan's past associations, including her marriage to Google co-founder Sergey Brin and reports of a rumored relationship with entrepreneur Elon Musk, have garnered attention in political circles. Her involvement with the Bia-Echo Foundation, focusing on women's reproductive health, criminal justice reform, and environmental policies, adds another layer to her candidacy.
As the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket navigates the intricate web of state ballot requirements, their ability to mobilize support and resources will be closely scrutinized. With the stakes high and the path uncertain, the road to November's election promises to be fraught with challenges for this unorthodox political duo.
Within the hallowed halls of Capitol Hill, the stark divergence in priorities between the Democratic and Republican caucuses is more pronounced than ever. As the nation confronts pressing challenges, the policy agendas pursued by these two political factions reveal starkly contrasting visions for America's future.
The Democratic caucus touts itself as the champion of progress and equality, yet its agenda raises significant concerns among critics. Advocating for open borders, Democrats are criticized for promoting immigration policies that prioritize the interests of undocumented immigrants over those of American citizens. Critics argue that such policies undermine national security and disregard the rule of law.
Furthermore, the Democratic caucus's unwavering support for abortion on demand is met with criticism from those who advocate for the protection of the unborn. The push for unrestricted access to abortion services and taxpayer-funded reproductive healthcare is seen as morally and ethically dubious by many, raising questions about the caucus's commitment to the
sanctity of life.
In the realm of education, the Democratic caucus's focus on student loan forgiveness is seen as a band-aid solution to a larger problem. Critics argue that blanket forgiveness fails to address the root causes of rising tuition costs and perpetuates a cycle of dependency on government handouts. Moreover, their stance on bail reform is criticized
for prioritizing the rights of criminals over the safety of lawabiding citizens.
In contrast, the Republican caucus champions principles of fiscal responsibility and law and order, offering a more pragmatic approach to governance. Advocating for secure borders, Republicans prioritize national security and sovereignty, recognizing the importance of
enforcing immigration laws to protect American citizens.
Additionally, the Republican caucus's commitment to reducing the national debt is lauded as a necessary step toward ensuring economic stability and prosperity for future generations.
By advocating for tax cuts and fiscal discipline, Republicans aim to empower individuals and businesses to thrive in a free-
market economy.
The Republican caucus's tough-on-crime policies are crucial for maintaining public safety and preserving the integrity of the justice system. By prioritizing law enforcement and accountability, Republicans seek to create safer communities and uphold the rule of law.
Recent events, including the resignation of Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) and the ouster of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), have exposed internal divisions within the Republican caucus. While Gallagher's departure narrows the Republican majority in the House, Santos's removal highlights the challenges faced by the party in maintaining unity and advancing its agenda.
As the political pendulum swings, lawmakers must be held accountable for their actions and priorities. While the Democratic caucus's agenda may resonate with some, it is imperative to scrutinize its policies and ensure they align with the best interests of the American people. In the ongoing debate over America's future, critical examination and thoughtful discourse are essential for shaping policies that truly serve the needs of all citizens.
Amidst the backdrop of New York's burgeoning housing crisis and the unsettling prevalence of squatters, Senators Anthony Palumbo (R, C-New Suffolk) and Mario Mattera (R, C-Smithtown), alongside their Senate Republican colleagues, unveiled an ambitious legislative blueprint. Their mission: to combat the state's housing crunch while shielding homeowners from the perils of squatting.
The unveiling of this legislative endeavor follows a grim incident that thrust the dangers of squatting into the spotlight. Recent police reports confirm the arrest of two suspected squatters in connection with the death of a woman whose lifeless body was discovered inside a duffel bag in a New York City apartment. The suspects, apprehended in York, Pennsylvania, are believed to have unlawfully occupied the apartment where the grisly discovery was made.
Representing New Suffolk, Senator Palumbo voiced grave concerns over the housing
predicament gripping Long Island and the broader state. "The housing crisis is a real issue here on Long Island and across the state due to a lack of housing stock," Palumbo emphasized. "The New York State legislature must take action to address these problems and help make the dream of homeownership more affordable for New Yorkers."
Echoing Palumbo's sentiments, Senator Mario Mattera of Smithtown underscored the severity of the situation, particularly in light of the alarming surge in squatterrelated incidents. "For many, owning a home is the American Dream, but the unfortunate reality is that it is becoming a nightmare for too many due to the epidemic of squatting," remarked Mattera. "With this package making great efforts to ensure families can own and build their homes, it is vital that we also give them the ability to protect them."
The legislative package, a multifaceted endeavor, comprises a spectrum of proposals targeting various
facets of the housing crisis and squatter menace. Among the notable provisions are measures to create a first-time homebuyer tax credit (S.8826), providing relief on local property taxes to enhance homeownership accessibility. Additionally, a home renovation tax exemption (S.8838) aims to breathe new life into existing housing stock by offering property tax relief to homeowners investing in their properties.
Further initiatives include the establishment of a housing infrastructure tax credit (S.8578),
incentivizing the installation of manufactured homes (S.8458), and implementing means-testing for rent-regulated housing (S.8887) to ensure allocation to those most in need.
In a parallel development, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 621 into law, eliminating squatters' rights in the state. "We are putting an end to the squatters scam in Florida," declared DeSantis. "While other states are siding with the squatters, we are protecting property owners and punishing criminals looking to game
the system." This legislation provides homeowners with remedies against squatting and increases penalties for squatters.
Moreover, the legislative package introduces law enforcement measures to address squatter encroachment swiftly and effectively. One proposed legislation (S.8867) enables law enforcement to evict individuals from residential properties promptly, based on a homeowner's sworn complaint and without court involvement. This approach mirrors a successful Florida bill that garnered broad bipartisan support.
The unveiling of this legislative initiative in New York signifies a crucial milestone in the state's battle against its housing crisis and the threat of squatters. As lawmakers forge ahead with these proposals, the focus remains unwavering: cultivating a safer, more affordable housing landscape for all New Yorkers while safeguarding property rights against unlawful encroachment.
In a stunning turn of events, NBCUniversal's decision to retract the hiring of Ronna McDaniel, former chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), as a paid contributor has thrown the spotlight on the network's apparent left-leaning agenda. The about-face came amid vocal opposition from key figures within NBC, particularly at MSNBC, reigniting concerns about the network's commitment to journalistic impartiality.
Initially touted as a valuable addition to offer "expert insight and analysis" on politics, McDaniel's appointment quickly drew condemnation from prominent MSNBC hosts like Rachel Maddow and Chuck Todd. Maddow, a leading figure at MSNBC, blasted McDaniel's hiring as "inexplicable," drawing a striking analogy likening it to appointing a "wiseguy" or a "pickpocket" to a position of trust.
"I will tell you, the fact that Ms. McDaniel is on the payroll at NBC News, to me that is inexplicable," she remarked. "You wouldn't hire a wiseguy, you wouldn't hire a made man like a mobster to work in a D.A.'s office, right? You wouldn't hire a pickpocket to work as a TSA screener. So I find her decision to put her on the payroll inexplicable,
and I hope they will reverse their decision."
Todd, an experienced political analyst at NBC, raised doubts about McDaniel's credibility and hinted at suspicions surrounding her motives for joining the network, stating, "I have no idea whether any answer she gave was because she didn't want to mess up her contract." Internal dissent over McDaniel's hiring was palpable, with Joe Scarborough, cohost of "Morning Joe," expressing strong objections and lamenting a perceived lack of transparency in the decision-making process. "We weren't asked our opinion of the hiring but, if we were, we would have strongly objected to it for several reasons," Scarborough emphasized.
Mika Brzezinski echoed Scarborough's sentiments, asserting that McDaniel would not be welcome as a guest on their show, stating, "It goes without saying that she will not be a guest on 'Morning Joe' in her capacity as a paid contributor." In response to mounting criticism, NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde issued a memo addressing concerns raised by network employees. Conde acknowledged the importance of maintaining unity and alignment within the
organization but refrained from directly addressing allegations of bias, stating, "No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned."
Conde's memo underscored the destabilizing impact of McDaniel's appointment on the network's credibility. The controversy surrounding McDaniel's hiring has reignited debates about MSNBC's editorial bias and its history of promoting left-leaning narratives
while marginalizing conservative viewpoints. Critics have cited MSNBC's dismissal of the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation and its relentless promotion of the debunked TrumpRussia collusion narrative as evidence of partisan agenda-setting.
Former Vice President Mike Pence seized the opportunity to criticize Chuck Todd and NBC for perpetuating what he described as a false narrative, asserting, "We lived through two-and-a-half years
of a constant barrage suggesting that there was Russian collusion. Never happened." Moreover, MSNBC has faced accusations of effectively endorsing claims that Jussie Smollett was the victim of a MAGA hate crime, spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines preventing transmission, and downplaying the "lab leak" theory of COVID-19.
The network has also been criticized for suggesting that Trump colluded with Russia to win the presidency and for dismissing the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop as Russian "disinformation," while asserting that President Joe Biden had no involvement in his son's corrupt foreign business dealings. As McDaniel explores legal options, including the possibility of pursuing defamation and harassment charges against NBC, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of ideological conformity and bias in the media landscape.
With major news outlets like MSNBC facing increasing scrutiny over their editorial practices, demands for transparency and accountability are likely to intensify, underscoring the need to uphold journalistic integrity in an era marked by polarization and partisanship.
Following the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has offered immediate assistance to aid recovery efforts and mitigate the significant disruptions to regional commerce. The bridge collapse, triggered when a container ship lost power and struck the structure, has sent shockwaves throughout the East Coast, prompting an urgent response to address the aftermath and restore vital transportation links.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a critical thoroughfare connecting Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The collision caused the bridge to buckle and collapse into the river below, resulting in a construction crew and multiple vehicles plunging into the icy waters. Six individuals remain unaccounted for, sparking a massive search and rescue operation.
The incident disrupted traffic flow and severely affected the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest ports in the United States. The port's closure has halted vessel traffic indefinitely, posing a significant threat to cargo shipments and commuter traffic along the East Coast for the foreseeable future.
Governor Hochul swiftly reached
out to her Maryland counterpart, expressing solidarity and offering any necessary assistance to address the disaster's aftermath. Hochul emphasized the potential ripple effects of the collapse, highlighting the vulnerability of construction workers and the critical importance of maintaining transportation infrastructure.
"Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic event," Governor Hochul stated. "The safety of our workers and the integrity of our infrastructure are paramount concerns, and New York stands ready to provide assistance to ensure the swift recovery and resumption of commerce."
New York's offer of assistance comes at a critical time as authorities grapple with the logistical challenges posed by the collapse. The Port of Baltimore, a crucial hub for international trade, handles a significant portion of the nation's imports and exports, particularly cars and light trucks. According to data from Maryland's archives, the port handled a record 52.3 million tons of international cargo in 2023, valued at approximately $80.8 billion.
Governor Hochul underscored the economic significance of the Port of Baltimore, highlighting its role as one of the largest economic generators in Maryland and a vital contributor to the nation's economy.
The port's closure threatens to disrupt supply chains and impact industries reliant on the timely movement of goods, prompting concerns about potential long-term repercussions.
As search and recovery efforts continue in Baltimore, the tragic toll of the collapse has become increasingly apparent. After a daylong search, officials called off the rescue mission and announced that six workers were presumed dead. Two bodies have since been recovered from a submerged pickup truck in the water, identified as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes from Mexico and Dorlian Ronial Castillo
Cabrera from Guatemala.
The victims, immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala, were part of a construction crew tasked with repairing parts of the bridge. Rafael Laveaga, chief of the Mexican Embassy in Washington's consular section, expressed solidarity with the affected communities and acknowledged the significant contributions of immigrant workers in critical infrastructure projects.
Governor Hochul's offer of assistance reflects a broader commitment to regional cooperation and solidarity in times of crisis. As New York and
Maryland work together to address the aftermath of the collapse, the incident serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of infrastructure resilience and the need for comprehensive safety measures to protect workers and safeguard critical transportation networks.
According to a report from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, 35 major bridge collapses worldwide occurred due to ship or barge collisions from 1960 to 2015, with 342 people killed. Eighteen of those collapses happened in the United States.
BY KARL GROSSMAN
The historic laboratory in Suffolk County in which genius inventor Nikola Tesla did important, breakthrough work in a building designed by his friend, famed architect Stanford White, suffered a fire last year as restoration was beginning to turn the lab into a museum.
But the project of creating the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe very much continues—with its leadership working hard on it.
“Terrible,” Jane Alcorn, a driving force behind the Tesla Science Center project in Shoreham, said last week about the damage from the blaze in November. But there is “momentum to bring back Tesla’s laboratory to its former glory,” said Alcorn, a center director.
As it declares on the opening page of its website: “Mission: Rebuild. Keep the momentum going. Donate today to see Tesla’s dream come to fruition.”
Marc Alessi, executive director of Tesla Science Center, said of the blaze: “It was heartbreaking.” He spoke last week of how firefighters from 13 departments who battled it “took it personally. It means a lot to everybody." In 2018 Tesla’s lab in
Suffolk was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The fire was “a gut punch,” said Alessi, a former New York State assemblyman and Shoreham resident. It was originally estimated to cost $3 million to repair the damage. Now, said Alessi, that’s projected at $4 million, bringing the Tesla Science Center’s total cost to $24 million which includes restoration of the lab and also building a visitor’s center on the 16.5 acre site.
Fundraising is in high gear with grant applications being sent to foundations and the seeking of government support and donations from contributors. Since the inception of the Tesla Science Center project, some $14 million has been raised including from the state and local governments, foundations and contributors “large and small,” said Alessi.
A “Metals for Tesla” effort has begun. This month, on April 20th, Earth Day, or any day earlier, metal that can be recycled—including metal furniture, vehicles and pipes—can be dropped off at the lab site. Details are on the Tesla Science Center website at https:// teslasciencecenter.org/
BY REV. FREDERICK MILLER. PH.D. VETERANS WAYSelf confidence is the courage to know yourself, and act on your beliefs. A definition of selfconfidence is a positive feeling about oneself and the world that leads to courageous actions born out of a sense of self-respect.
Do you believe that you deserve the best, and do you believe that you can achieve the best? Or have you convinced yourself to believe that you’re second-tier who’ll be lucky to finish far back in the pack? If you want to achieve the best that life has to offer, you must put the self-fulfilling prophecy to work for you. How? By convincing yourself that you have the ability to earn the rewards you desire.
Most of us were able to develop that self confidence while serving on active duty in the military. However, many seemed to have lost that confidence in their discharge.
Gen. Curtis LeMay often told his troops to “never give up” and we need to follow that idea in our
There is “Bricks for Nik” initiative in which individuals and businesses can buy commemorative bricks. They would be placed at the base of the statue to Nikola Tesla donated by the Serbian government (Tesla’s parents were Serbs) or other paved areas on the site. In addition to names, they could include quotes and dedications. The statue was unveiled in 2003 by then Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic who called Tesla a man whose “ideas were larger than his time.” More information on this is at: https:// donate.brickmarkers.com/tsc
As the book “Tesla, Inventor of the Electrical Age,” published by Princeton University Press, relates: “Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life…His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity and contributed to radio and television.” Its author is Dr. W. Bernard Carlson, a University of Virginia professor of science, technology, and society.
Most of the world would adopt AC or alternating current. And Tesla was responsible for many more inventions, among them hydroelectric energy technology,
remote control through electricity, fluorescent lighting and the bladeless turbine, notes the book. Regarding radio, Guglielmo Marconi is usually credited with originating radio but, the book points out that the U.S. Supreme Court, after Tesla’s death in 1943, determined that much of Marconi’s work was based on 17 Tesla patents.
He went to Shoreham in 1901 to pursue his vision of providing wireless electricity. “Tesla was convinced that he could set up stationary waves in the Earth and transmit power and messages,” writes Carlson. He received a $150,000 loan from “the most powerful man on Wall Street, J.P. Morgan…to support his wireless work.”
He had been “approached by James S. Warden, a lawyer and banker from Ohio who had relocated to Suffolk County,” purchased farmland and “christened his property Wardenclyffe.”
He offered Tesla land. On it, the laboratory was built along with a tower 187-feet tall. Below the tower a deep “ground connection” was dug. “In many ways, Wardenclyffe was the fulfillment of Tesla’s
dreams. For nearly a decade he had been planning in his imagination a system for broadcasting power around the world, and now that system was taking shape in the real world,” says Carlson. But then Morgan pulled out of the undertaking and Tesla faced huge financial problems. The tower was demolished in 1917.
As Alcorn, a retired teacher and librarian from Shoreham, explained in a presentation at the Suffolk County Historical Society, Tesla’s “plan and dream was to… provide wireless electricity to people around the world.” He was a “visionary” with ideas that would revolutionize the world.
He envisioned that not only radio signals but electricity could be sent far distances by linking into the resonance of the Earth. She said Tesla believed that if electricity could be “wirelessly” transmitted, people all over the world “would be able to tap into it”—for free
I wrote and presented a TV program about Wardenclyffe for WVVH-TV in 2011. You can view it on YouTube by inputting “Saving Nikola Tesla’s Laboratory” and my name or by going to https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HUBvdPtag
civilian lives. Yes, the chores are very different, but if you don’t give up and take one task at a time you can be very successful. Again, looking at self-
confidence, it is the courage to know yourself, believe in yourself, and act on your believe. This explains the definition. Here are a few examples that
show what it looks like.
• Valuing yourself for who you are regardless of the blunders you make, the type of work you do or don’t do etc.
• Feeling good about yourself, feeling worthy despite imperfections
• Being courageous enough to stand up for yourself and be assertive
• Knowing that you’re worthy of others’ respect and friendship
• Knowing and accepting the whole of you-both strengths and weaknesses
A lack of self-confidence negatively impacts quality of life. Having little self-confidence creates feelings of
• Self-doubt
• Unworthiness
• Inferiority to others
• Apathy
• Loss of enjoyment
• Anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges
So keep the faith and stay strong.
BY TOM BARTON
March Madness will be coming to an end this week with the culmination of the Final Four. The prestige of being one of the Final Four teams is unlike any other sport. In no other major or college sport is the idea of finishing among the last four teams celebrated as much, but that doesn't mean the remaining players and coaches are resting on their luarels.
In a season where the brackets were dominated by heavy favorites we find ourselves with potetntially the most dominat favorite in history. The reigning champion UConn Huskies were ranked near the top of the rankings all season long, before eventually steamrolling teams in the Big East tournament and eventually continuing that pure dominance in the big dance. UConn has had the best NCAA tournament ove rthe past 10 seasons, and many are saying this could be the best team of all time. Hurley and the Huskies grabbed
the #1 overall seed and proceeded to beat 7 teams in a row by double digits, beating the spread in each game. They wont on a 30-0 run against Illinois to get here and are still the clear favorite to win it all.
They will face the Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama's offense has never been in doubt. All year long this running Tide team have routinely threatened 90 points and they can boast a claim for the best offense in the country. That offense has now had some complimentary defense and their run and gun style gives them just as much of a shot as anyone to take down the big, bad Huskies.
On the other side we have the Purdue Boilermakers and their remarkable season. Matt Painter has finally got the moniker off his back of 'the coach who can't win in the tournament' and much like Virginia they look for a massive rebound. Virginia was the first team to ever lose as a #1 seed to a 16 seed in tournament history and
returned the next season to win the championship. Last season Purdue joined that horrible list and they believe they can mimic Virginia's revenge type title run. There is plenty of reason to agree with them but the biggest reason is 7'4" Zach Edey. The nation's top player will be the focus and he will need to be stopped if Purdue will be thwarted in their march
for a title.
The only true Cinderella team will have to face Edey in North Carolina State. It is truly remarkable what State has done to get here. They were mere seconds away, and egregious blunders away, from being sent home against the Cavs. Instead they had a miraculous win, then went
on to win the ACC tournament, while playing 5 games in 5 days, and then continued to win. NC State has been underdogs in every big game they have played this month, and they have beaten the odds every time. NC State's futures odds since mid February look like the sort of thing a Hollywood movie studio would reject because it was unbelievable. They sat at 300-1 to win it all on February 13th, that went to 350-1 on Febrary 20th and finally 650-1 on March 6th.
It has been a fun March to get to the Final Four teams and the storylines write themselves. We will either have one of the most dominant teams of all time cut down the nets, or maybe it will be one of the most explosive offenses that we have watched in a decade. Perhaps it will be a redemption story for the ages, or a true underdog story come to life. Whoever is left standing when these titans finish their battle, we will have a story to tell.
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BY NANCY BURNER, ESQ.
A good rule of thumb is to review your documents every 3-5 years. Also, additional review may be warranted if there are significant life changes including altered health status for you or your loved ones, a death in the family, a new birth, or a divorce.
When reviewing your plan, here are some things to consider: Do you remember who you named as your healthcare proxy? Is that person still the best person to serve in this role? Are successors named? Every new health care proxy supersedes the prior one. How many powers of attorney do you have? Are they all consistent? It is not uncommon for individuals to execute new powers of attorney without revoking the prior ones. This can create a huge amount of confusion amongst multiple agents. For instance, mom
creates a power of attorney in 2015 naming her son as agent. A few years later, she sells her house and gives her daughter a power of attorney. Now there are two documents that are not consistent and this can be a recipe for disaster. We call this the “dueling” powers of attorney.
Too often we find that clients execute documents and forget about them. We want to avoid this because when emergency strikes, you want to be sure the documents reflect your wishes and do not leave your agents with ambiguities. Do not wait until this dire time to find out that you do not have the proper documentation in place.
We recently helped the family of a woman who suffered a stroke, leaving her with severely diminished mental capacity. The agent under the power of attorney came to the office to
learn about Medicaid planning to help with the cost of longterm nursing facility care. As part of this planning, assets needed to be transferred to avoid completely depleting the assets on nursing home care, which in Suffolk County is $16,000-$18,000 per month. Unfortunately, the power of attorney was not done by an elder
attorney are the same.
What about your wills? We have clients come in with wills that have cobwebs on them. The documents are so old that they name guardians for their children who are now adults themselves, with children or grandchildren of their own. These outdated documents name executors and trustees that are no longer alive or, if living, not in touch with the family anymore, unable to act or unwilling to act.
care lawyer. It did not have any of the powers that she needed to do this complex type of planning. The family is now facing the reality that they may need to seek a guardianship in Supreme Court; a frustrating, costly, and time-consuming process that could have been avoided with a more comprehensive power of attorney. Not all powers of
Similarly, do you have a trust as part of your estate plan? If so, these should be reviewed to ensure your wishes will be followed. You also want to make sure the terms comply with the current state of the law and estate tax exemptions.
If you have not reviewed your documents, now is the time.
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST MICHAEL KINNEY, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 18, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 16, 2024 at 11:00AM, premises known as 731 Blue Ridge Drive, Medford, NY 11763. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Medford, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200
Section 605.10 Block 01.00 Lot 731.000. Approximate amount of judgment
$252,659.25 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #603783/2023. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time.
Annette Eaderesto, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 22-004426 79688
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Notice of formation of SILVER DOGS LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on DECEMBER 5, 2023. Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to JENIELLE SCHWARZ, 410 EAST MAIN STREET, EAST MORICHES, NY 11940 Purpose: any lawful purpose.
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Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 07/26/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, on 4/12/2024 at 10:00AM, premises known as 43 Tree Road, Centereach, New York 11720, And Described As Follows:
ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town Of Brookhaven, County Of Suffolk, And State Of New York.
District 0200 Section 469.00 Block 01.00 Lot 026.000
The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $303,464.33 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 602786/2015
Terence M. Quinn, Esq., Referee.
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ARC Home LLC f/k/a WEI Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST
Adam F. Tuzza a/k/a
Adam Tuzza a/k/a
Adam
Francis Tuzza, Olga Tuzza a/k/a Olga A. Tuzza, et al, Defendant
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2007-2, Plaintiff, Against DAVID T. MITCHELL, et al.
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 26, 2023 and entered on January 18, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 10, 2024 at 11:00
AM premises known as 80 Woodacres Road, East Patchogue, NY 11772. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Suffolk, State of New York, SECTION: 983.00, BLOCK: 01.00, LOT: 025.000, District 0200. Approximate amount of judgment is $552,973.37 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 203102/2022.
The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and Suffolk County Auction Plan in effect at this time.
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.
Erin McTiernan, Referee
FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP
53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706
L15807 – 3/13/2024, 3/20/2024, 3/27/2024, & 4/3/2024
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff AGAINST ANGELA ZIPPEL INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF ROBERT ZIPPEL, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 16, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 22, 2024 at 10:00AM, premises known
as 96 Lafayette Drive, Mastic Beach, NY 11951. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 980.60, Block 17.00, Lot 019.001 fka District 0200, Section 980.60, Block 08.00, Lot 019.001. Approximate amount of judgment $281,680.50 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #200280/2022. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time. James E. McElhone, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 20-001575 79779
L15808 - 3/20/2024, 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024 & 4/10/2024
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff -againstMARK DEGASPERI, LISA DEGASPERI AKA
LISA S. DEGASPERI, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated March 14, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, located at 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 17, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, as shown on a certain map entitled, "Map of Swan Lake Hills, Section 2" and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on September 14, 1960 as Map No. 3239, known and designated as Lot No. 3. District 0200 Section 895.00 Block 05.00 Lot 051.000 All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.
Said premises known as 35 CIRCLE DRIVE a/k/a 35 CIRCLE DRIVE EAST,
PATCHOGUE, NY 11772
Approximate amount of lien $233,181.46 plus interest & costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.
The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
Index Number 624444/2017.
PAUL R. FEUER, ESQ., Referee
David A. Gallo & Associates LLP
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030
File# 8150.950 {* SOUTH SHO4*}
L15809 - 3/13/2024, 3/20/2024, 3/27/2024, & 4/3/2024
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLKBROOKHAVEN.
THE STRATHMORE TERRACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS,
INC., Plaintiff -againstCHRISTIAN DIPALERMO, AS TRUSTEE OF THE JOSEPH J. DIPALERMO
IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED DECEMBER 17, 1998 AND CHRISTIAN DIPALERMO, et al
Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 18, 2023 and entered on October 17, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 18, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in Mount Sinai, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the division line between Lots 82 and 83 as shown on the above mentioned map; being a plot 70.00 feet by 35.12 feet by 70.00 feet by 35.12 feet. District 0200
Section 210.00 Block 02.00
Lot 083.000
Said premises known as 78 HEARTHSIDE DRIVE, MOUNT SINAI, NY 11766
Approximate amount of lien $5,278.70 plus interest & costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.
L15814 - 3/20/2024, 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024 & 4/10/2024
public auction at
Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on the 23rd day of April, 2024 at 10:30 AM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.
Premises known as 8 Stanley Drive, Shirley, (Town of Brookhaven) NY 11967.
(DSBL#: 0200-983.30-02.00018.003)
Approximate amount of lien $864,322.51 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 002164/2007.
Annette Eaderesto, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618
Tel. 585/760-8218
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832
Dated: February 29, 2024
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social
distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.
L15815 - 3/20/2024, 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024 & 4/10/2024
SUPREME COURT: SUFFOLK COUNTY.
FMJM RWLIV TRUST 2017-1, Pltf. vs. CANDYCE M. VOLKOMMER A/K/A CANDYCE VOLKOMMER, et al, Defts. Index #621222/2019. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Feb. 6, 2024, I will sell at public auction at Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. premises k/a 6 Tara Court, Medford, NY 11763. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, District 0200, Section 772.00, Block 07.00, Lot 030.007. Approximate amount of judgment is $591,291.36 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
ELYSA NICOLE GRASSO, Referee. PINCUS LAW GROUP PLLC, Attys. for Pltf., 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556. File No. 09142018.42695. #101219
L15820 - 3/20/2024, 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024 & 4/10/2024
Notice of formation of SPALLADINONP LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 02/24/2024. Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to SPALLADINONP
LLC, 43 ROBERTS RD W., SHIRLEY, NY 11967. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
L15821 – 3/20/2024, 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024 , 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024 & 4/24/2024
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLKBROOKHAVEN.
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF BLUE RIDGE
CONDOMINIUM II, Plaintiff -against- STEPHEN SPARR, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated July 14, 2023 and entered on July 25, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, located at 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 25, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. premises situate, lying and being at Medford, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Unit Number 533 in the condominium known as "Map of Blue Ridge Condominium" together with a .2273% interest as tenants in the common elements. District: 0200 Section: 630.30 Block: 01.00 Lot: 533
Said premises known as 533 DARLY DRIVE, UNIT NO. 533, MEDFORD, NY 11763
Approximate amount of lien $25,741.91 plus interest & costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 618442/2020.
BRIAN EGAN, ESQ., Referee
McGiff Halverson Dooley Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
96 South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
{* SOUTH SHO4*}
L15824 - 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024 & 4/17/2024
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY
IXIS REAL ESTATE
CAPITAL TRUST
2006-2
MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2006-2, -against-
JAMES PEROU, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on October 12, 2023, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY IXIS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL TRUST
2006-2 MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2006-2 is the Plaintiff and JAMES PEROU, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on May 1, 2024 at 8:30AM, premises known as 37 LOMBARDY DR, SHIRLEY, NY 11967; and the following tax map identification: 0200-984.4001.00-008.000.
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 621852/2017. James E. Gathman, Jr., Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
L15826 - 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024 & 4/17/2024
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST JOHN GRAZIANO AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY GRAZIANO, WHO WAS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF CIRO GRAZIANO, MARYANN CALIFANO AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY GRAZIANO, WHO WAS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF CIRO GRAZIANO, GERALDINE CLEMENTS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY GRAZIANO, WHO WAS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF CIRO GRAZIANO, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY GRAZIANO, WHO WAS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF CIRO GRAZIANO, IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, CLAIMING OR WHO MAY CLAIM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, OR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS ACTION, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 1, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on May 1, 2024 at 9:30AM, premises known as 88 CLOVER STREET, MASTIC, NY 11950. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 909.00, Block 06.00, Lot 035.000. Approximate amount of judgment $164,069.87 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #622085/2019. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time.
Elsie Acevedo, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 19-002585 79944
L15833 - 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024 & 4/24/2024
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE CIM TRUST
2016-FRE1, MORTGAGEBACKED NOTES, SERIES 2016-FRE1, Plaintiff, vs. SEAN P. FORD, Defendant(s).
Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 25, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on May 7, 2024 at 12:30 p.m., premises known as 59 Silver Street, Patchogue, NY 11772. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Patchogue, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 975.40, Block 06.00 and Lot 024.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $401,039.29 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #619427/2018. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale.
John William Doyle, Esq., Referee
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, 10 Bank Street, Suite 700, White Plains, New York 10606, Attorneys for Plaintiff
L15834 - 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024 & 4/24/2024
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff -against-
Lisa Vidal if living and if any be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all
of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Suffolk County Attorney o/b/o Clerk of the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency, John Doe (Refused Name), United States of AmericaInternal Revenue Service, Defendants. Index No. 626282/2023
SUPPLMENTAL SUMMONS
Plaintiff designates Suffolk County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the Mortgage premises is situated.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S):
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $224,257.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of SUFFOLK on March 13, 2019, in Book Liber M00023011, Page 079, covering premises known as 119 Daisy Drive, Mastic Beach, NY 11951.
The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.
NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Mortgage company who filed this
foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property.
Sending a payment to your Mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: Bay Shore, New York March 15, 2024
/s/By: Linda P. Manfredi, Esq.
Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff
53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706
Bar #: 2863124 (631) 969-3100
Our File No.:01-098969-F00
L15839 - 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024 & 4/24/2024
PUBLIC NOTICE
Manorville's Brookfield Cemetery Corp. will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM at the Manorville Fire House, 14 Silas Carter Rd., Manorville. All interested persons are invited to attend.
L15840 – 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024&4/17/2024
Notice of formation of EXPLORE PLAY DREAM DAYCARE LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 03/16/2024. Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to EXPLORE PLAY DREAM DAYCARE LLC, 4 NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD, MASTIC BEACH, NY 11951. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
L15843 – 3/27/2024, 4/3/2024 , 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024, 4/24/2024 & 5/1/2024
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS–SUPREME
COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK – NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, -against- PATRICIA A. MEARA, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA A. MUNOZ; ANY AND ALL KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES
CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA MUNNOZ AKA PATRICIA ANN MUNOZ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY; MICHAEL J. GRANT FUNDERAL HOMES, INC.; TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN; JAMES MEARA AS JOHN DOE #1; GERALD MEARA AS JOHN DOE #2; “JOHN DOE #3” through “JOHN DOE #10,”, said names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, intended to be possible tenants or occupants of the premises, or corporations, persons, or other entities having or claiming a lien upon the mortgage premises, Defendants - Index No. 607189/2015 Plaintiff Designates Suffolk County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Suffolk County. To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons
is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated March 8, 2024. NOTICEYOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME – If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable C. Stephen Hackeling, J.S.C.
Dated: March 8, 2024 Filed: March 8, 2024. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 42 Holiday Park Drive, Centereach, NY 11720.
Dated: March 15, 2024 Filed: March 22, 2024 Greenspoon Marder LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Monica G. Christie, Esq., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2200, New York, NY 10105 P: (212) 524-5000 F: (212) 524-5050 No Service by fax) Service purposes only: Trade Centre South 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 P: (888) 491-1120 F: (954) 343-6982
L15844 – 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024 & 4/24/2024
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the South Country Central School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York will be held at the South Country School District Administration Building, 189 North Dunton Ave, East Patchogue, New York, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 6:15 P.M., prevailing time, for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the Education Law of the State of New York, including the following items:
1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 20242025 fiscal year.
2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.
A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the School District beginning May 1, 2024, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that said Annual Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Bellport Middle School, 35 Kreamer Street, Bellport, New York, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items:
1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2024-2025 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District. 2. To elect two (2)
members of the Board of Education, each for a threeyear term commencing July 1, 2024, and expiring on June 30, 2027.
3. PROPOSITION: Expansion of school bus service for resident students in grades 9 through 12, effective at the beginning of the 20242025 school year from 1.5 miles to 1 mile from the school they attend, which would result in no anticipated increased annual expenditure by the District.
Shall the District expand its school bus service for resident students in grades 9 through 12, effective beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, from the present transportation of students living more than one and one half (1 ½) miles from the school they attend to include transportation of students who live more than one (1) mile from the school they attend, thereby having no anticipated increased annual expenditure by the District?
4. PROPOSITION:
Expenditure of no more than Nine Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand dollars ($937,000.00) from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 17, 2016 to finance a project for the renovation of the Bellport High School auditorium, including such preliminary, ancillary, and incidental costs in connection therewith.
Shall the Board of Education of the South Country Central School District be authorized to expend funds from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 17, 2016 (the “Reserve Fund”) pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law, for a capital improvement project consisting of the renovation of the Bellport High School auditorium and to make expenditures from the Reserve Fund for the cost of other work required in connection therewith, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto in an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of Nine Hundred ThirtySeven Thousand dollars ($937,000.00), provided that the Board of Education may allocate funds amongst
various components within the overall total expenditure at its discretion?
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of monies which will be required to fund the School District's budget for 2024-2025, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, beginning May 1, 2024, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the office of the Principal of each schoolhouse within the District during its regular business hours and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law the School District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and show:
(a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll;
(b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) or other payments for municipal services; and
(c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of Trustee of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at her office in the Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East
Patchogue, New York, not later than 5:00 p.m. prevailing time on April 22, 2024. Nominating petition(s) are to be submitted for two (2) vacancies on the Board of Education commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2027. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 35 qualified voters of the district (representing 2% of the number of voters who voted in the 2023 annual election for members of the Board of Education); must state the name and residence of each signer; and must state the name and residence of the candidate. A drawing of lots to determine the order in which the candidates’ names shall appear on the ballot will be conducted at 4:00 pm on April 23, 2024, by the District Clerk at the District’s Administrative Offices, at 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York, in accordance with Section 2032 of the Education Law. AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. Registration shall be conducted for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law through May 15, 2024, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on all regular business days during which the Office of the District Clerk is in operation, at the Office of the Clerk located in the School District Administration Building,
189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such time he or she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of said Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Budget Vote and Election for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 16, 2024, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for election, except Sunday, and on Saturday, May 18, 2024 between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on May 21, 2024, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Bellport Middle School, 35 Kreamer Street, Bellport, New York to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 2025, and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 21, 2024.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee and early mail ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning March 22, 2024. In accordance with Education Law Sections 2018-a and 2018-e, completed
applications may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day before the election, i.e. April 22, 2024; and completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election (May 14, 2024) if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election (May 20, 2024), if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or to the agent named in the absentee or early mail ballot application. Absentee and early mail ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued, and a list of persons to whom early mail ballots are issued, will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 16, 2024, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and budget vote, and on May 21, 2024, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such lists, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appeaser on such lists, stating the reason for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the South Country Central School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to cflynn@southcountry. org or fax sent to 631-2862457. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the South Country Central School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk and return such military ballot application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to cflynn@ southcountry.org or fax sent to 631-286-2457. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on April 25, 2024. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a nonmilitary ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email. A military voter’s original military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at South Country Central School District, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, NY 11772.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 21, 2024 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2024 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.
Dated: East Patchogue, New York
March 20, 2024
By Order of the Board of Education of South Country Central School District
Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York
Christine Flynn, District Clerk
L15846 – 4/3/2024, 4/17/2024, 5/1/2024 & 5/15/2024
AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTACIÓN DE PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN
DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE SOUTH COUNTRY
CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK
POR EL PRESENTE
SE NOTIFICA que una Audiencia Pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, Ciudad de Brookhaven, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en el Edificio de Administración del
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk at her office in the Administration Building, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, New York, on or before March 22, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Any referenda of propositions required by law to be included in the published or posted notice of the Annual Meeting and Election must be filed with the District Clerk a reasonable time in advance of the first publication or posting of the legal notice. All referenda must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 89 qualified voters of the District (such number representing the greater of 25 or 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters for the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.
Distrito Escolar de South Country, 189 North Dunton Ave, East Patchogue, Nueva York. York, el miércoles 8 de mayo de 2024, a las 6:15 p.m., hora vigente, para la transacción de dichos negocios autorizados por la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, incluidos los siguientes artículos:
1. Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (propuesta de presupuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2024-2025.
2. Discutir todos los puntos que a continuación se establecen para ser votados mediante máquinas de votación en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo el martes 21 de mayo de 2024.
3. ramitar otros asuntos que puedan presentarse adecuadamente ante la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y las leyes que la modifican.
Una copia del presupuesto propuesto estará disponible, si es solicitada, para los residentes del Distrito Escolar a partir del 1 de mayo de 2024, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora predominante, excepto sábados, domingos o días festivos. en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que dicha votación y elección del presupuesto anual se llevará a cabo el martes 21 de mayo de 2024, entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., hora predominante, en Bellport Middle School, 35 Kreamer Street. , Bellport, Nueva York, momento en el cual se abrirán las urnas para votar mediante máquinas de votación sobre los siguientes puntos:
1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal 2024-2025 y autorizar que la porción requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad sujeta a impuestos del Distrito Escolar.
2. Elegir dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación, cada uno por un período de tres años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2024 y finalizará el 30 de
junio de 2027.
3. PROPUESTA: Ampliación del servicio de autobús escolar para estudiantes residentes en los grados 9 a 12, a partir del comienzo del año escolar 2024-2025 de 1.5 millas a 1 milla de la escuela a la que asisten, lo que no generaría un aumento previsto en el gasto anual por parte del Distrito.
¿Debería el Distrito ampliar su servicio de autobús escolar para estudiantes residentes en los grados 9 a 12, a partir del año escolar 2024-2025, del transporte actual de estudiantes que viven a más de una milla y media (1 ½) de la escuela a la que asisten? para incluir el transporte de los estudiantes que viven a más de una (1) milla de la escuela a la que asisten, por lo que no se prevé un aumento en el gasto anual por parte del Distrito?
4. PROPUESTA:
Gasto de no más de Novecientos Treinta y Siete Mil dólares ($937,000.00) del Fondo de Reserva de Capital establecido el 17 de mayo de 2016 para financiar un proyecto para la renovación del auditorio de Bellport High School, incluyendo dichos gastos preliminares, auxiliares, y costos incidentales en relación con los mismos. ¿Se debe autorizar a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country a gastar fondos del Fondo de Reserva de Capital establecido el 17 de mayo de 2016 (el “Fondo de Reserva”) de conformidad con la Sección 3651 de la Ley de Educación, para un proyecto de mejora de capital que consiste en de la renovación del auditorio de Bellport High School y realizar gastos del Fondo de Reserva para el costo de otros trabajos necesarios en relación con el mismo, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales al mismo en una cantidad que no exceda el costo total estimado de Novecientos Treinta y Siete Mil dólares ($937,000.00), siempre que la Junta de Educación pueda asignar fondos entre varios componentes dentro del gasto total general a su discreción?
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, el Distrito Escolar debe adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, mostrará qué parte del valor tasado total en la lista de tasación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada, identificada por la autoridad legal, y mostrar:
(a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado ya sea como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor tasado total en la lista; (b) el monto acumulativo que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos (PILOT) u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablero de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que las peticiones para nominar candidatos para el cargo de Síndico de la Junta de Educación se presentarán ante la Secretaria de dicho Distrito Escolar en su oficina en el Edificio de Administración,
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que cualquier residente del Distrito puede obtener una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para financiar el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar para 2024-2025, excluyendo los fondos públicos, entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 3:00 p.m., horario vigente, a partir del 1 de mayo de 2024, excepto sábados, domingos o feriados, en la oficina del Director de cada escuela dentro del Distrito durante su horario comercial habitual y entre las 9:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m., horario vigente, excepto sábados, domingos y días festivos, en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York.
189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York, no más tarde de las 5:00 p.m. hora predominante el 22 de abril de 2024. Las peticiones de nominación deben presentarse para dos (2) vacantes en la Junta de Educación a partir del 1 de julio de 2024 y finalizando el 30 de junio de 2027. No se consideran las vacantes en la Junta de Educación. oficinas separadas y específicas; los candidatos se postulan en libertad. Las peticiones de nominación no describirán ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual se nomina al candidato; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito; debe estar firmado por al menos 35 votantes calificados del distrito (que representan el 2% del número de votantes que votaron en las elecciones anuales de 2023 para miembros de la Junta de Educación); debe indicar el nombre y residencia de cada firmante; y debe indicar el nombre y residencia del candidato. El Secretario de Distrito llevará a cabo un sorteo para determinar el orden en el que aparecerán los nombres de los candidatos en la boleta a las 4:00 p.m. del 23 de abril de 2024 en las Oficinas Administrativas del Distrito, en 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue. , Nueva York, de conformidad con la Sección 2032 de la Ley de Educación.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes de conformidad con el artículo 2014 de la Ley de Educación o de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en cualquier Asamblea Anual o Especial de Distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, él o ella es elegible para votar en esta elección. Si un elector está registrado y tiene derecho a votar en virtud del artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, también tiene derecho a votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. La inscripción se llevará a cabo con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación hasta el 15 de mayo de 2024,
entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., hora vigente, en todos los horarios hábiles. días durante los cuales la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito esté en funcionamiento, en la Oficina del Secretario ubicada en el Edificio de Administración del Distrito Escolar, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre incluido en dicho registro, siempre que en ese momento se sepa, o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicho Secretario, que en ese momento o en adelante tiene derecho a votar en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto para la cual se prepara el registro. El registro así preparado de conformidad con el artículo 2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York y estará abierto para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito a partir del Jueves 16 de mayo de 2024, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., horario vigente, entre semana y cada día anterior al día fijado para la elección, excepto el domingo, y el sábado 18 de mayo de 2024 entre el horario de 9 a 12 horas. y en el(los) lugar(es) de votación el día de la votación.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el 21 de mayo de 2024, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., prevaleciendo tiempo, en Bellport Middle School, 35 Kreamer Street, Bellport, Nueva York, para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo en 2025, y en cualquier reunión especial del distrito que pueda celebrarse después de la preparación de dicho Registro, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en dicho Registro siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro se sepa o se demuestre, a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro, que es en ese momento o posteriormente tendrá derecho a votar en la
elección escolar para la cual se prepara dicho Registro, o en cualquier reunión especial del distrito celebrada después del 21 de mayo de 2024.
Y POR EL PRESENTE
SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que las solicitudes para boletas en ausencia y por correo anticipado se podrán obtener durante el horario comercial escolar a través de la Secretaria del Distrito a partir del 22 de marzo de 2024. De acuerdo con las Secciones 2018-a y 2018-e de la Ley de Educación, las solicitudes completas no pueden ser recibido por el Secretario de Distrito antes del trigésimo (30) día antes de la elección, es decir, el 22 de abril de 2024; y las solicitudes completas deben ser recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección (14 de mayo de 2024) si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección (20 de mayo de 2024), si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de voto en ausencia o por correo anticipado. Las boletas en ausencia y anticipadas por correo deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., hora vigente, del martes 21 de mayo de 2024.
Una lista de personas a quienes se les emiten boletas de voto en ausencia y una lista de personas a quienes se les emiten boletas de voto anticipado por correo estará disponible para su inspección para los votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del jueves 16 de mayo. 2024, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., horario vigente, los días laborables anteriores al día fijado para la elección anual y votación del presupuesto, y el 21 de mayo de 2024, día fijado para la elección.
Cualquier votante calificado podrá, tras examinar dichas listas, presentar una impugnación por escrito de las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre figure en dichas listas, indicando el motivo de dicha impugnación.
Cualquier impugnación por escrito deberá ser transmitida por el Secretario del Distrito o una persona designada por la Junta de Educación a los inspectores de elecciones el
día de las elecciones.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que los votantes militares que no están actualmente registrados pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona o por correo electrónico a cflynn@ southcountry.org o fax enviado al 631-286-2457. La solicitud de solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deben recibirse en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el 25 de abril de 2024.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, pueden solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar al Secretario del Distrito y devolver dicha solicitud de boleta militar al Secretario del Distrito en persona o por correo electrónico. a cflynn@ southcountry.org o por fax enviado al 631-286-2457. Para que a un votante militar se le emita una boleta militar, se debe recibir una solicitud de boleta militar válida en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 25 de abril de 2024. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas de acuerdo con la Lo anterior se procesará de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar según la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boleta militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico. La solicitud de boleta militar original de un votante militar y la boleta militar deben devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en el Distrito Escolar Central de South Country, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, NY 11772.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que las boletas militares serán
escrutadas si son recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 21 de mayo de 2024 y que muestren una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o que muestren un endoso de recepción fechado por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 21 de mayo de 2024 y firmado y fechado por el elector militar y un testigo del mismo, con fecha que se determina no posterior al día anterior a la elección.
Y POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, de conformidad con una regla adoptada por la Junta de Educación de conformidad con la Sección 2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referéndum o propuesta para enmendar el presupuesto, o que de otro modo se presente para votación en dicha elección, debe presentarse con la Secretaria de Distrito en su oficina en el Edificio de Administración, 189 Dunton Avenue, East Patchogue, Nueva York, el 22 de marzo de 2024 o antes, a las 5:00 p. m., hora vigente. Cualquier referéndum de proposiciones que la ley requiera incluir en el aviso publicado de la Asamblea Anual y Elección debe presentarse ante el Secretario del Distrito con un tiempo razonable de anticipación a la primera publicación o publicación del aviso legal. Todos los referendos deben escribirse a máquina o imprimirse en inglés; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmado por al menos 89 votantes calificados del Distrito (dicho número representa el mayor entre 25 o 5% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); y debe indicar el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no considerará ninguna petición para presentar ante los votantes cuyo propósito no esté dentro del poder de los votantes para determinar, que sea ilegal, o cualquier propuesta que no incluya una asignación específica donde el gasto de dinero es requerido por la propuesta, o cuando existe otra razón válida para excluir la propuesta de la boleta.
Fecha: East Patchogue, Nueva York 20 de marzo de 2024
Por orden de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de South Country Ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York
Christine Flynn, secretaria de distrito
L15847 – 4/3/2024, 4/17/2024, 5/1/2024 & 5/15/2024
INDEX NO.: 609517/2019
Date Filed: 3/20/2024
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE
MORTGAGED PREMISES: 262 Little Fresh Pond Road, Southampton, New York 11968
DSBL #: 0900-097.00-03.00004.000
Plaintiff designates SUFFOLK County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate.
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, vs.
Luiz Jayme; Ignez Brandao, if living and if any be dead, any and all the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid defendants, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid classes of person, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to plaintiff, except as herein stated; Citibank (South Dakota), N.A.; Gemini Capital Group LLC; Legal Servicing LLC; Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.; Discover Bank; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; United States o/b/o Internal Revenue Service; John Doe #1 through #6, and Jane Doe #1 through #6, the last twelve names being fictitious,
it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Amended Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.
NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to
secure $290,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Suffolk on November 14, 2002, in Liber M00020235, Page 522, covering premises known as 262 Little Fresh Pond Road, Southampton, New York 11968, DSBL #: 0900097.00-03.00-004.000.
The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendants and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendants Ignez Brandao, if living and if any be dead, any and all the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid defendants, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees, and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid classes of person, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to plaintiff, except as herein stated, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon.
Susan Heckman Torres, J.S.C. of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk, dated and filed March 12, 2024.
Dated:
/s/ Deborah Gallo
Deborah Gallo, Esq. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, New York 10170
Phone: 347.286.7409
Fax: 347-286-7414
Attorneys for Plaintiff, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND
COMPLAINT
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure.
In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department's website at www.dfs.ny.gov.
FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS
Be careful of people who approach you with offers to "save" your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.
L15848 - 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024 & 4/24/2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will hold a hearing at 5:30 p.m., on April 25, 2024, at the Town Board Auditorium at One Independence Hill, Second Floor, Farmingville, New York, and streamed live over the internet at Brookhavenny.gov/ meeting, with respect to properties to be acquired by the Town of Brookhaven located on Riviera Drive, Mastic Beach and Orchid Drive, Mastic Beach, Town of Brookhaven, New York, for drainage purposes, at which time it will afford a reasonable opportunity to all interested persons to make objections and recommendations with regard thereto. The properties to be acquired are more fully described as Suffolk County Tax Map No. 0200-980.70-15.00-008.000 and 0200-980.70-15.00013.001.
A more detailed diagram of the subject properties is on file at the office of the Town Clerk and may be examined during regular office hours by any interested person.
Dated: March 14, 2024
Farmingville, New York
By Order of the Town Board Town of Brookhaven
Kevin J. LaValle, Town Clerk
L15849 – 4/3/2024 & 4/10/2024 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will hold a hearing at 5:30 p.m., on April 25, 2024, at the Town Board Auditorium at One Independence Hill, Second Floor, Farmingville, New York, and streamed live over the internet at Brookhavenny.gov/ meeting, with respect to property to be acquired by the Town of Brookhaven located on St. George Drive, Shirley, Town of Brookhaven, New York, for drainage purposes, at which time it will afford a reasonable opportunity to all interested persons to make objections and recommendations with
regard thereto. The property to be acquired is more fully described as Suffolk County Tax Map No. 0200-983.2006.00-028.000.
A more detailed diagram of the subject property is on file at the office of the Town Clerk and may be examined during regular office hours by any interested person.
Dated: March 14, 2024
Farmingville, New York
By Order of the Town Board
Town of Brookhaven
Kevin J. LaValle, Town Clerk
L15850 – 4/3/2024 & 4/10/2024
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
SOUTH SHORE PRESS
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE IV, SEC. 85-55 (B) OF THE BUILDING ZONE ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW, HOLD THE FOLLOWING, AT ONE INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, N.Y.:
1. A PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 10, 2024 (2ND FLOOR AUDITORIUM) COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. (THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET AT https://brookhavenny. portal.civicclerk.com, TO CONSIDER THE MATTERS LISTED BELOW and 2. A WORKSESSION ON APRIL 10, 2024, (PUBLIC DINING AREA 2ND FLOOR)
COMMENCING AT THE END OF THE CALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR, TO DISCUSS THE DECISION CALENDAR
5. George & Julianne Ciresi, 12 Sycamore St., Miller Place, NY. Location: West side Sycamore St., 699.70' South of Sweetgum Ln., Miller Place. Applicant requests minimum and total side yard variances for proposed one story residence addition; permission for proposed 9'8" x 7'10" porch (6' encroachment permitted). (0200 14500 0700 002002)
6. Charles Netska, c/o Woodhull Expediting, 800 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Ste CL-101, Hauppauge, NY. Location: Northeast corner George St. and Virginia Ave., South side Ann St., Ronkonkoma. Applicant requests front yard setback variance from Virginia Ave. for proposed one story residence addition. (0200
59600 0100 005000)
9. Fernando & Maria Mendes, c/o Andrew
Malguarnera, 713 Main St., Port Jefferson, NY. Location: Southwest corner of Noble St. and Parkside Ave., Miller Place. Applicant requests rear yard variance for existing one story residence addition; front yard setback variance from Noble St. for existing pergola located in the front yard (Noble St.); also, rear yard variance for existing shed with attached pergola. (0200 18900 0500 033000)
15. Dalia Khaloo, 58 W. Dennis Ln., Coram, NY. Location: Southwest corner of W. Dennis Ln. and Teele Dr., Coram. Applicant requests front yard setback variances from W. Dennis Lane for proposed 2nd story residence addition and 2nd story with balcony; rear yard and side yard variances for proposed inground swimming pool; rear yard variance for existing 2 story residence addition. (0200 39900 0300 013000)
16. Christopher and Meghan Novak, c/o
Woodhull Expediting, 800 Veterans Memorial Highway, Ste CL-101, Hauppauge, NY. Location: South side Community Rd., 250' West of Westfield Rd., North side West Dennis Ln., Coram. Applicant requests minimum and total side
yard variances for existing one story residence addition (conversion of breezeway to habitable space) attaching existing detached garage to dwelling. (0200 39900 0400 011000)
17. Barbara Etzel, c/o RDesign Cons. Inc., 1070 Rt. 25, Ste. PMB 144, Selden, NY. Location: Southwest corner of Weeks Ave. and Barnes Rd., (East of Weeks Ave.), Manorville. Applicant requests permission for existing shed located in front yard (Barnes Rd.); height variance for existing 6' high fence located in the front yard (Weeks Ave.). (0200 67500 0400 002000)
19. Mimar LLC., 290 Exeter St., Brooklyn, NY. Location: North side Commack Rd., 1049.68' East of Palmetto Dr., Shirley. Applicant requests lot area, lot frontage, and minimum and total side yard variances for proposed one family dwelling on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 98190 0100 042000)
20. Shannon and Tamika Stapleton, 211 St. Marks Ave., Freeport, NY. Location: East side William Floyd Parkway, 73.99' North of Roneck Ct., Shirley. Applicant requests lot area, lot frontage, front yard setback, rear yard, and minimum and total side yard variances for proposed one family dwelling. (0200 98440 0600 028000 & 029000)
20a. Shannon and Tamika Stapleton, 211 St. Marks Ave., Freeport, NY. Location: East side William Floyd Parkway, 73.99' North of Roneck Ct., Shirley. Applicant requests permission for proposed 2nd story deck (not permitted).
27. Thomas & Carolyn Scott, 94 Evergreen Ave., East Moriches, NY. Location: West side Evergreen Ave., 950' North of Moriches Bay, East Moriches. Applicant requests height variance for proposed 20 ft. high - 840 sq. ft. detached garage (14 ft. high - 600 sq. ft. permitted). (0200 86200 0100 010000)
28. Pinewood Drive, LLC., 6 Versa Place, Shirley, NY. Location: North side Pinewood Dr., 685.63' West of Flower Rd., Shirley. Applicant requests lot area, lot frontage, front yard setback, rear yard and minimum and total side yard variances for proposed one family dwelling on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 98040 1100 057000)
29. Gemeron LLC, 290 Exeter St., Brooklyn, NY. Location: North side Neighborhood Rd., 354.44' West of Flower Rd., Shirley. Applicant requests lot area, lot frontage, and minimum and total side yard variances for proposed one family dwelling on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 98040 1000 030000)
30. Chandler Property Inc., 290 Exeter St., Brooklyn, NY. Location: South side Neighborhood Rd., 483.93' West of Brushwood Dr., Shirley. Applicant requests lot area, lot frontage, front yard setback, rear yard, and minimum and total side yard variances for proposed one family dwelling on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 98040 1100 009000)
CASES WILL BE HEARD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD.
HOWARD M. BERGSON CHAIRMAN
L15851–4/3/2024
Notice of formation of LSA FACEY LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 7/24/2023. Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to LESIA RICHARDS, 358 PLAD BLVD., HOLTSVILLE, NY, 11742, USA. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
L15852 - 4/3/2024, 4/10/2024, 4/17/2024, 4/24/2024, 5/1/2024 & 5/8/2024
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