ByRobertChartuk
A community meeting arranged by the property owner of the northwest corner of William Floyd Parkway and the Sunrise Service Road in Shirley garnered input from residents on a plan to build a new gas station and convenience center at the site, which previously contained model homes. After a lively discussion about traffic, security, lighting, and the need for a new station in the area, the representatives of Bayat Market, which has a similar facility on Horseblock Road in Medford, pledged to keep working with the residents to make sure their concerns and ideas for the station were addressed.
“This is one of the first times a property owner came to the community first before submitting development plans for approval,” said Project Coordinator Fred Towle. “We want to hear what the residents have to say and do everything we can to win their support before we move forward with an application.”
According to Eric Meyn of Bohler Engineering, the project’s designer, any plans would be subject to a lengthy review process involving town, county, and state agencies. Since it was previously used for model homes, the site would require a zoning change from Brookhaven Town and a special use permit. Also involved would be the county health department and the state DOT, he said. Public safety, environmental considerations, and traffic flow would all be part of the review process, according to the engineer.
On the drawing board is a plan for a two-island service station with seven pumps, including a charging station which residents suggested at previous meetings with local civic groups and officials. The Bayat Market will have coffee, beverages, and all the items typical of a Long Island convenience store. The project will have maximum landscaping, sound mitigation and directional lighting which, by town code, will not shine beyond the property. There will be 24 parking spaces on the 1.85-acre property as per the preliminary layout. The building is proposed at 2,400 square feet and the business will employ up to eight workers.
The meeting, which was attended by about 60 people, was well advertised with notices in the South Shore Press and a mailing to 1,500 area residents, which included Towle’s cell phone number so he can be contacted directly. “We want to make sure everyone knows about the project and are engaged from the very beginning,” Towle said. “This is the first time that I know of where a project is being vetted before the public prior to an application being filed. Usually it’s the other way around.” After the meeting, a few residents approached him with additional input. “We will have more community meetings and we will also be meeting with residents oneon-one. The owner lives in Suffolk County, he strives to be a good neighbor,” he said, adding that Mr. Bayat is a hands-on businessman, not a large corporation, who is frequently at his stations. “He knows his customers; he’s a very generous contributor to any number of
community groups and causes.”
Modern filling stations, Meyn said, must meet strict environmental standards including double-lined tanks, leak detection systems, and fire extinguishing capabilities. Pumps have vapor return features, as do delivery trucks to ensure that fumes do not enter the atmosphere. He said he was unaware of any studies linking health issues to stations built under current regulations.
Discussing traffic concerns, the representatives pointed out that any vehicles utilizing the station will be local and already traveling past the station. “No one from Smithtown is going to come here to get gas,” Towle said, noting that other uses for the property, such as a medical park, would draw vehicles from other areas. Traffic studies will be part of the review process, he noted, and traffic mitigation, if required as part of the approval process, will be implemented. The best location for curb cuts will also be determined. Another issue, security, was brought up by the residents prompting Towle to note that it’s in the best interests of the business owner to make sure his customers and nearby residents are safe. “Any untoward activity will be shut down immediately,” he said.
Vincent Lauria pointed out that the car wash just south of Montauk Highway is in a bad place and contributes to the heavy traffic in the area, especially during the rush hours. “No one goes the speed limit,” he said. “It’s t-bone city.” He expressed concerns that the station will cause a similar situation if the curb cuts are not properly sited.
Responding to a question from Michael Walker regarding the economic feasibility of a gas station at the proposed location, Towle said that this would be Bayat’s sixth facility on Long Island and he is well aware of the financial risks of developing a new business. “This is his line of work, his expertise. I don’t think he would be making this investment if there wasn’t a demand for this type of service in the community,” according to Towle, who added that it would be the only station on the west side of William Floyd Parkway all the way from Route 25A on the North Shore to just over the railroad tracks in Shirley.
Resident Toni Trapani said she was worried about delivery trucks coming into the station–the time of day, whether they can come in on Victory Avenue or Revilo Avenue–a matter Towle said will be covered during the traffic review process.
Worries about kids accessing a propane tank service was also addressed with the understanding that security will be tight around all facility operations.
Beth Wahl of the Chamber of Commerce of the Mastics and Shirley asked about which organizations the representatives have met with so far, to which Towle listed the Bay Area Civic Association, Greater Mastic Beach Chamber of Commerce, Knights of Columbus, Pattersquash Creek Civic, Mastic Beach Fire Department, and local officials including Legislator Jim Mazzarella, Assemblyman Joe DeStefano, and Brookhaven Council Members Dan Panico and Mike Loguercio, who had a representative at the meeting. He said more meetings are scheduled and reiterated his offer to meet oneon-one with residents or talk on the phone.
Ava Torres of the Greater Mastic Beach Chamber of Commerce said she is supportive of the station. “It’s a good use for the property and will enhance the area’s tax base. I’d rather see a modern gas station and convenience store servicing the community than an office building with people coming in from all over the place,” she said. “Judging by his Medford operation, he’s been a model business owner and we look forward to working with him to get his proposal to where it needs to be.” The state and county would also
benefit from the sales tax revenue the businesses would generate, Torres pointed out.
“Mr. Bayat is a success story, growing his business by providing a necessary service to the public with hands-on concern for his customers and his community,” said Peter Costelloe, President of the James V. Kavanaugh Columbian Club, whose members have also met with project representatives during the preliminary design stage. “They've incorporated our suggestions for maximum landscaping, a charging station for electric vehicles, and even putting in a flagpole. Those who have visited the Medford station and the other Bayat locations will say they are well-run and impeccably maintained. They would be an asset to any community.”
“He’s the type of person when you ask him to contribute to a local cause, he is very generous,” said Donald Marriott, manager of the Shirley project and another station Bayat currently has under construction in Islip. “He is a local owner, not a big corporation, and he is always on site,” Marriott continued. “I’ve seen him pay for gas and groceries for those who didn’t have enough. He truly is a humble, caring guy who has worked very hard to grow his businesses and serve his neighbors.”
James Calfa, a local resident formally with the state Department of Transportation, said he would like to see the final application before making up his mind. “They are working with the community, which is good; having an open meeting where everyone can be heard is a good idea,” he said.
The suspect in one of Long Island’s most disturbing murder mysteries will be prosecuted by the man whose unwavering focus propelled the cold case toward a sensational arrest. Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney said he will try the suspect in the infamous Gilgo Beach murders himself to bring closure to the families of three of the victims and justice to a county that was unnerved by the case for more than a decade.
Immediately following his election in 2022, Tierney
made solving the Gilgo case a top priority. He assembled a special task force and opened the door to assistance from outside agencies, including the FBI, that were turned away by a previous administration. A reexamination of the clues led to a name, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect from Massapequa Park, and dogged work by the investigative team that pieced together the evidence Tierney said is enough for him to win a conviction.
“I made a commitment to the families that we would do everything possible to solve
this case,” Tierney said in an exclusive interview with the South Shore Press. “I know the facts as well as anyone and had put the case before the Grand Jury. I feel an obligation to finish what I started.”
The district attorney pointed to five hairs found with the bodies that matched Heuermann and his wife as compelling evidence, as well as phone records investigators were able to trace to the suspect showing he made contact with the victims. A witness provided a description of the hulking 6’4” Heuermann from an incident with a sex worker and noted his vehicle, a dark Avalanche pickup truck. Intense police work matched Heuermann to the Avalanche and investigators were able to pull his DNA from a pizza box he discarded. They scored a match.
“We brought in a great team and the skills and resources of a lot of different agencies,” Tierney explained. “That's the only way that you could go through this amount of evidence quickly. We had 13 years worth of evidence to go through.”
Heuermann stands accused of killing Amber Lynn Costello, Melissa Barthelemy, and Megan
With the average Suffolk home using about 130,000 gallons of water a year, a Hamptons estate washes out with a well-busting 7.6 million gallons.
The Suffolk County Water Authority’s annual “Shame List” aims to draw attention to water conservation and encourage customers to take advantage of incentives to cut down on usage, especially during a time when Long Island is suffering moderate drought conditions.
Two oceanfront estates belonging to an art media mogul in Southampton that sprawl over four acres use the millions of gallons for landscape irrigation, pools and other necessities for the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
The Hamptons mansions of a pair of hedge fund managers are on the list with over five million gallons, along with the wife of an Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter and a
real estate guru.
Many of the names are repeat offenders, having appeared on the list last year.
The SCWA is one of the largest groundwater suppliers in the nation serving 1.2 million people with more than 75 billion gallons a year. It draws its supply exclusively from underground aquifers replenished only by rainwater. The water supply is under constant threat of pollution and
overuse.
“Suffolk County is in a moderate drought, posing a significant threat to our water supply and the sustainability of our community,” the water authority said. They appealed to residents to only water lawns on odd or even days corresponding to their street number, and to install rain-stat systems that cut off irrigation when it’s raining. The SCWA lists conservation programs and incentives at scwa.com.
Waterman, and Tierney said he is a prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, another of the 11 bodies found in the heavy brush near the Babylon Town beach. “We’re expanding the investigation into the other bodies that were found on Gilgo Beach,” the prosecutor said, referencing a large amount of information obtained from search warrants that need to be cataloged and analyzed. “It’s a painstaking process; we’re looking for hair, fibers, traces of DNA.” Investigators had gone through Heuermann’s home with a finetooth comb and brought in heavy equipment to dig up his backyard. The Avalanche was found in South Carolina and was scoured, as well as storage facilities and other places Heuermann was found to have visited.
Tierney said he is also working with investigators on other missing person cases that could also lead to Heuermann. “We want to be good partners with everyone, so on a daily basis we speak with investigators from other jurisdictions, if not on this case, than other cases as well,” Tierney said. “And we're ready, willing and able to provide our information to those jurisdictions,” he noted, adding, “If a jurisdiction has a confidential investigation that they reach out to us on, we will maintain confidentiality in the same way we would ask that they do for us.”
Tierney said he has been in close contact with the families of the victims. “These folks have waited patiently for 13 years for some small measure of justice,” he said. “We're just at the beginning, we have a lot of work to do. But I was really
inspired and honored to have met them.”
The Gilgo case faltered under the previous administration of District Attorney Tom Spota as the Suffolk police chief at the time, Jim Burke, iced out other agencies. He was later convicted on federal charges for beating a suspect who stole pornography and sex paraphernalia from his unmarked police car. Burke served time for the crime, while Spota and his deputy, Chris McPartland, are currently incarcerated for trying to cover up the beating. The succeeding district attorney, Tim Sini, who Tierney defeated in his reelection, was also unable to solve the murder mysteries. “I think there was a lot of dysfunction in the leadership,” Tierney stated in commenting on why the case sat unsolved for 13 years.
With years of evidence to sift through and turn over to the defense, Tierney could not give a date when he expects the trial to begin.
“I’ll say this about two groups of people involved in the case,” Tierney concluded: “First, my task force members, I always forget to thank my own people; they are absolutely unbelievable. Next, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison and his department’s crime lab, Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon, the New York State Police, FBI, and we're even bringing in the Secret Service to help us analyze some of the instruments we've recovered. So we've got a great many talented people working on this case, along with the resources of their various agencies. That's why we've had success because we've all been able to work together.”
The recent settlement reached by the Town of Riverhead with Southampton investors accused of maintaining illegal and overcrowded residential rental properties has sparked controversy and raised questions about the penalties' adequacy.
According to reports, the Town of Riverhead has settled two State Supreme Court actions against these investors, who have been embroiled in multiple town code violations, including renting properties without proper permits. While the town claims victory in resolving, some residents are skeptical about the effectiveness of the settlement in deterring future violations.
The settlement agreement requires the defendants to pay a total of $60,000 in civil penalties, with each defendant paying $20,000. Additionally, they must remove existing tenants, address existing violations, and commit to obtaining the necessary rental permits before renting any of the properties again. However, many argue that these penalties might not be enough to discourage repeat offenses, especially when considering the potential financial gains from operating illegal rentals.
The defendants' history of multiple violations raises concerns about the town's enforcement
efforts. Despite ongoing violations over several years, the defendants seemed to have faced minimal consequences until now. Critics point out that this leniency may have emboldened them to continue operating illegal rentals, thus necessitating more decisive action to ensure compliance.
The settlement only addresses three specific actions against the investors, leaving some wondering about the extent of violations across their entire portfolio of properties. This limited scope raises questions about whether the town has fully addressed the scale of the issue and whether other properties owned by these investors are also noncompliant.
The civil penalties imposed seem disproportionate to the potential gains made by the defendants from operating illegal rentals. Critics argue that more substantial fines should have been levied to serve as a genuine deterrent. With the potential civil penalties for each violation reaching up to $100,000, the $20,000 penalties might not be perceived as a significant deterrent for future offenders.
Critics also question the efficacy of the required code compliance as part of the settlement. Will the defendants rectify the violations, or will they simply wait for the public scrutiny to die down before
returning to their previous practices? The lack of a stringent monitoring mechanism leaves room for skepticism about the effectiveness of this aspect of the settlement.
In addition, the town's delay in settling for a third case against the same investors raises concerns about the efficiency and effectiveness of the enforcement process. If violators sense a lack of urgency or significant consequences, they may continue operating illegally until they face direct action from authorities.
While Deputy Town Attorney Danielle Hurley, who prosecuted the cases, expressed satisfaction with the outcome, critics argue that more needs to be done to address the root causes of illegal rentals in the area. They call for a comprehensive approach that includes stricter penalties, more proactive enforcement, and transparent monitoring to ensure long-term compliance with rental regulations.
As Riverhead continues to grapple with the issue of illegal rentals, residents and observers are keenly watching the town's efforts to protect its communities and uphold the rule of law. Only time will tell if the recent settlement will bring about meaningful change or if more robust measures are necessary to tackle this persistent problem.
Republican lawmakers are raising critical objections to a largescale sewer expansion project that could mandate some homeowners to shell out for expensive high-tech septic systems. While the proposal attracts widespread attention, the GOP officials are proving their dedication to responsible financial governance. With the clock ticking down to the August 4th deadline for submitting a funding measure to the November ballot, the Republicans are scrutinizing every facet of the plan.
"We have a duty to our constituents to ensure that every tax dollar is used wisely," stated Kevin McCaffrey, the Legislative Presiding Officer, demonstrating the GOP's commitment to safeguarding taxpayers' interests.
In the past month, the Republican-led legislature took a prudent stance, delaying a plan that sought to consolidate the county's 27 sewer districts and fund a sweeping expansion of wastewater treatment via a .125% sales tax increase. The proposed tax increase, which requires voter approval, aims to finance sewer systems and grant homeowners septic upgrades.
"We must ensure that our county's economic growth is not hampered by excessive taxes," McCaffrey emphasized, reflecting the GOP's commitment to balance growth and fiscal responsibility.
As August 4th approaches,
the legislature must decide whether to endorse the sales tax increase measure for inclusion in the November 7th general election ballot. While Democrats, environmentalists, and union leaders have rallied behind the sales tax proposal, claiming it vital for Suffolk's Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan, GOP lawmakers expressed serious reservations.
Among their concerns is a stipulation in the Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan. Starting in 2026, homeowners in certain areas intending to sell their properties must install high-tech septic systems that could cost up to $30,000 without the possibility of grants. "We must strike a balance between protecting the environment and preserving property rights. Forcing homeowners to bear this burden is not in line with our conservative values," asserted McCaffrey, echoing GOP sentiments about the mandate's implications.
Republicans argue that the plan disproportionately favors septic systems at the expense of essential sewer infrastructure, leading to an unbalanced allocation of funds. Despite these legitimate objections, Democrats have accused Republicans of attempting to delay the initiative to influence voter turnout strategically.
Bridget Fleming, a Democrat legislator, criticized the GOP's approach, saying, "They're poking holes in it. When they learn those reasons don't hold up, there's another argument." But
McCaffrey counteracted these claims, maintaining that the GOP's focus is on fiscal responsibility and transparent decision-making. "We stand united in our commitment to protecting taxpayers' interests," he affirmed.
The debate intensified as Legislator Robert Trotta pointed out financial mismanagement by the Democrats, which saw $200 million in sewer funds being redirected to the general fund. "There's $700 million in the sewer fund. We should use that money for new sewers without raising taxes on the people," said Trotta, denouncing the Democrats' strategy and claiming that 32% of a quarter-percent sales tax already approved by voters for clean drinking water was diverted to the general fund.
Such mismanagement led Suffolk to rank last out of all New
York State's 62 counties. "We're dead last," said Trotta, hoping the next county executive can steer Suffolk back on track.
Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine also voiced concerns about the complexity of the plan and its additional tax burden on residents. "We need clean groundwater and surface water, but the residents pay too much already in taxes. The county executive needs to deal effectively with the legislature to create a plan that works," Romaine said.
As the Long Island Pine Barrens Society's lawsuit threatens to force the county to restore $400 million in diverted environmental funds, Suffolk's next county executive faces a daunting challenge. The GOP legislators, however, remain steadfast in their commitment to responsible fiscal stewardship and their duty to their constituents.
ByRaheemSoto
In an exclusive interview, Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio (R, C-Riverhead) shared her dedication to public health and the motivation behind raising awareness of the risks posed by the West Nile virus in Suffolk County. Drawing from her experiences in combating Lyme disease and tick-borne illnesses caused by overpopulated deer, Giglio stressed the importance of informing the public about the dangers of the virus. She asserted, "People need to know that this exists, and they need to be cautious."
Recent reports of mosquito samples testing positive for West Nile virus in Suffolk County have heightened concerns about its potential spread. Giglio expressed her deep concern: "One case of West Nile is one too many." Emphasizing the need for proactive measures, especially with the onset of warmer summer months, she urged residents to be alert and take precautions. She added, "People just need to make sure that they don't have standing water around their homes, that they're taking precautions around their homes and in their daily activity."
To enhance disease surveillance and containment, Giglio proposed the development of an overview map highlighting areas with high mosquito prevalence. She believes this map would play a crucial role in targeted testing and quick identification of potential hotspots, allowing for immediate mitigation measures. Giglio noted, "We need to make sure that people know where these mosquito-heavy areas are. The state and the county need to do more testing in those areas to make sure we're not getting any other positive tests of the West Nile."
When discussing the role of the farming community in managing the risk, Giglio commended their
responsible use of safe pesticides overseen by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). She stated, "They're very cautious about these pesticides and the use of them." Giglio acknowledged the effectiveness of these measures in tackling various pests and pests that could harm crops. She asserted that experts in the EPA and DEC should be entrusted to determine the best remedies for areas with high mosquito populations. Regarding legislative initiatives, Giglio emphasized the significance of public awareness campaigns in empowering individuals to protect themselves.
"Public awareness is most important in protecting yourself." Giglio reiterated the need to engage the Environmental Conservation Committee in Albany and the EPA when dealing with dense mosquito populations.
Looking ahead, Giglio prioritizes improving sanitation systems to prevent nitrogen pollution in water sources. She advocates for developing sewer districts to protect water quality and mitigate health risks linked to outdated
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Save the Date: August 28th, when New York State Assemblyman Joseph P. DeStefano will be the man of the hour as Colonial Youth & Family Services names DeStefano their 2023 Honoree at their Annual Golf Outing.
Colonial Youth & Family Services President Nancy Marks and Executive Director Lynda Zach said naming Assemblyman DeStefano as this year's Honoree was an easy decision. "Assemblyman DeStefano has always been very good to Colonial Youth," Marks said. "He has secured many grants and he's been very supportive of our organization's programs, and he's always right there for us." Zach seconded Marks' sentiments. "We have always been a small part of Joe's assembly district, and now with the redistricting, we're going to represent a much bigger part of his assembly district," Zach explained. "But even when we were such a small part of his
assembly district, Joe has always given us whatever we've needed throughout the years, and he's always been there for us. On several occasions," Zach recounts, "Joe would come into our office and would donate gallons of hand sanitizer and other needs throughout the pandemic, and he would bring us items for the holiday assistance program."
DeStefano lauds the efforts and positive impacts Colonial Youth & Family Services has on both the Youth and the Tri-Hamlet Community at large. "Colonial Youth has been providing services for our local youth and families for decades, and is a mainstay in our community," explained DeStefano, whose assembly district includes the Colonial Youth Services area. "Lynda Zach has been with Colonial Youth Services for three decades, and has been serving as its director for 15 years," DeStefano continued, noting that "She's the glue that holds this fine organization with its excellent staff and directors
together."
According to the Assemblyman, the tri-hamlet community appreciates the services which Colonial Youth provides, some of which include but are not limited to child care, counseling and case management, and family assistance, in addition to managing the Colonial Community Volunteer Corps, an initiative that increases young people's awareness of their community and helps them feel a
part of their town.
Meanwhile, golf outing organizers are gearing up for an exciting day on the course. "One thing we do that sets us apart is that we spoil our golfers," said Executive Director Zach. "We serve our golfers food and drinks the entire day where they're offered food and beverages on the course, and there's a cocktail hour before dinner, and a favorite for golfers is our cookies," Zach explained.
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Bullets pumped into a Gordon Heights home last week renewed focus on the statewide crime wave, and calls to repeal the cashless bail laws and other pro-criminal policies of the Progressive Democrats who control Albany.
“To those hiding their heads in the sand about the crime wave that’s sweeping across our state, one simply needs to hear about the eight-year-old boy shot in Gordon Heights while sleeping,” said Assemblyman Joseph DeStefano in pointing out that crime is escalating not only in the cities, but the suburbs as well.
“That criminals think it's okay to fire away in our neighborhoods is unconscionable,” DeStefano continued. “They’re not worried about the repercussions since New York has become practically lawless as misguided politicians make it harder and harder for police to do their job and crack down on crime.”
The boy was not critically injured from the three bullets shot through his house, one hitting him in the side and the others just missing his 11-year-old cousin. Suffolk police from the Sixth Squad are investigating the Cedar Lane shooting.
“Let’s hope the perpetrators are quickly caught and not released hours later because of the state’s failed criminal justice policies,”
DeStefano said.
The shooting was about six miles from another suburban incident where bullets struck the Shirley home of then-Congressman Lee Zeldin, who was running for New York governor at the time. Shortly after, Zeldin was attacked during a campaign stop by a knifewielding assailant who was freed a few hours later under the state’s cashless bail laws.
“There are a number of bills passed by the legislature that, taken individually, are bad. Taken collectively, they're a disaster,” said Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney, who frequently joins legislators, victim families and other prosecutors to lobby for changes in the state’s criminal justice laws. “As the district attorney of Suffolk County, when I see something that is not in the best interest of our citizens and public safety, I'm going to talk about it.” Tierney has written to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her not to sign bills on her desk that would allow criminals to challenge old convictions and prohibit employers from finding out about a job candidate’s criminal record.
“These laws are not just bad for public safety; they’re disastrous for public safety,” Tierney said.
“Keeping residents safe should be the number one priority of our elected officials,” stressed Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine. “We will continue to
see crime on the rise until we change cashless bail and undo Defund the Police and the other anti-law enforcement policies in Albany and Washington. We have to be able to provide a safe atmosphere in Suffolk County for our families.” Romaine, who is running for county executive, said he expects the endorsement of all of Suffolk’s law enforcement organizations. “I am running on an anti-crime platform and my policies will be the direct opposite of the pro-criminal Democrats,”
Romaine said.
“Our children aren’t safe anywhere anymore, not even in their own homes, thanks to the soft-on-crime policies coming out of Albany,” according to Jennifer Harrison, executive director of the Victims Rights Reform Council. “This has to stop,” she said, adding that shots rang out in her Mastic neighborhood recently during a media interview about the state’s crime wave.
Community activist Rosalie
Hanson agreed: “These policies don’t deter crime, they’re making it worse. The criminals don't feel threatened, and who pays the price? Innocent children in our communities.”
“New Yorkers fear for their lives and the safety of their families,” DeStefano concluded, referring to a recent survey showing 61% of residents worry that they’ll be a victim of a crime. “I condemn anyone who thinks this is okay. This should not be the new normal in our state.”
Dog fights of the future may be sans-pilot as the Air Force is successfully flying jets with Skyborgs in a military advancement officials hope will give the U.S. an advantage in aerial combat.
Artificial intelligence already has the edge over mortals in simulated combat and could someday take to the sky in epic machine vs. machine battles.
The Skyborg test flights have been conducted with a VISTA X-62A, a modified F-16 fighter fitted with software that allows it to mimic the performance characteristics of opposing planes. The speed at which Al can assess situations and respond instantly
will change the tactics of modern warfare, analysts say.
Pilotless drones are already battlefield deployed with operators able to gather reconnaissance and
employ munitions from remote locations. The ability of drones to fight each other with an assist from artificial intelligence will keep humans further removed from harm’s way.
ByRobertChartuk
Becoming a victim of a crime is on the minds of more than 60% of New Yorkers as the state suffers a crime wave caused by any number of policies coming out of Albany and Washington.
A poll released by Siena College found a combined 61% of voters are either very concerned or somewhat concerned they could become a crime victim. Siena also found 51% of New Yorkers are concerned for their family's safety when they are in public spaces, including schools, stores, or houses of worship.
“Crime isn’t just something that happens to others far away according to New Yorkers,” said Siena College Research Institute Director Don Levy. “While 87% say crime is a serious problem in our state and 57% say it is a problem in their community, a disturbingly high 61% say that they are worried about it happening to them, a majority are concerned about themselves or their loved ones being safe in public places and many are taking steps to protect themselves as best they can.”
New York newspapers read
like crime blotters with murders, robberies, and assaults a daily occurrence. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced shortly after taking office that he would not prosecute quality-oflife crimes, and prosecutors have shown a proclivity to charge those protecting themselves rather than the perpetrators.
A recent case that drew headlines was the arrest of former Marine Daniel J. Penny for the death of a homeless man he subdued after threatening to harm Manhattan subway passengers. Another Bragg headline grabber was the arrest of bodega owner Jose Alba for stabbing a man who attacked him during a robbery. Charges in the Penny case are still pending, while the case against Alba was dismissed by a judge.
Crime was a top issue for voters in the last election cycle as they took issue with pro-criminal policies that eliminated cash bail, handcuffed the court system, and put law enforcement in the crosshairs with Defund the Police and other anticop rhetoric.
New Yorkers flipped the Congressional seats necessary to change the balance of power in the House and caused the race for governor to be a lot closer than expected in an overwhelmingly Blue State. Despite the public sentiment—and the devastating toll of the crime wave—Albany Progressives are still at it with bills on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk that will eliminate criminal background checks for job applicants and
allow criminals to appeal prior convictions.
“How many times are Democrats going to tip the scales of justice in favor of convicted criminals? Victims and law enforcement continue to be an afterthought in Albany,” said state Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, who has led numerous Capitol press conferences and rallies pushing bills to reverse the crime wave.
According to the poll, which queried 382 New York adults over cellphones and landlines and 420 persons from an online panel, 36% feel threatened in a public place because of a stranger's behavior. The survey also found that 41% of voters have "never been this worried about their personal safety as they are today." At the same time, 9% of residents, including 16% of New York City residents, said they have been physically assaulted over the last year. The same percentage of New Yorkers say they’ve been the victim of burglary over the last year, the poll found.
“Reversing the pro-criminal policies of the Democrats who control state government has been a constant battle in Albany,” said Assemblyman Joseph DeStefano (R,C-Medford). “Leaders in law enforcement, prosecutors, victims' rights organizations, they rally with us frequently on legislation to fix the criminal justice system. But our pleas fall on deaf ears with politicians more interested in protecting the criminal element than the law-abiding residents of this state.”
crime and high taxes. She referred to the unilateral orders as an "important first step" to expand New York's housing supply and promote economic growth.
"New York's housing crisis isn't going away, and I'm committed to doing everything in my power to make New York more affordable and livable for all," Hochul said. “But make no mistake: to fully address the scope of this crisis, we need action from the legislature — and I'm committed to continuing our work on housing in the coming months."
opportunities, we’re not in favor of letting our ability to properly develop our communities be usurped by politicians who don’t even live here.” Romaine was part of a chorus of New York
supervisors and mayors who lashed out against Hochul’s plan. State lawmakers got the message and refused to approve her bill during the last legislative session.
Hochul also tried to push
through a bill to allow homeowners to create apartments out of attics, garages, and accessory dwellings, an idea that was also shot down by the legislature.
Trying again after her attempt to usurp local zoning authority to build affordable housing was shot down by the legislature, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has rolled out a new plan to build upwards of 800,000 units over the next 10 years.
Hochul signed a raft of executive orders calling on agencies to identify areas for state-owned lands to create more housing, prioritize discretionary funds for housing projects and create a new portal for tracking housing data.
The $650 million plan for building 800,000 new homes, the governor said, will ease New York's housing crunch and improve its competitiveness at a time when the Empire State is leading the nation in outmigration of people escaping
The governor tried during the budget process to insert legislation that would give the state the authority to override local zoning power to site affordable housing projects, an idea that was panned by village and town officials. Suburban supervisors and mayors sent a message that they didn’t want their communities to look like the densely populated areas of New York City.
“Land use and zoning is one of the fundamental responsibilities of local government, and we will not turn over these powers to Albany bureaucrats without a fight,” said Brookhaven Town Supervisor Edward Romaine.
“One need only look to the west to Queens and Brooklyn to see the results of over development.
While we’re in favor of creating affordable housing
Having just raised rider rates and reporting a $690 million loss from fare jumpers, New York’s MTA has turned to Artificial Intelligence to create turnstile stats. But the high tech advantage won’t be used to catch evaders, only provide information on the losses.
In use at seven Metropolitan Transportation Authoritymanaged subway stations, the system is tracking when fare evasion spikes and the methods fare evaders use. AI capabilities are planned to be expanded to 19 stations later this year. The authority won’t say which stations will be monitored.
The AI crunches video data in real time to provide stats on when and how people are getting onto the subway without paying.
The system is similar to one used in Barcelona that is giving inspectors instant evasion alerts through a smart phone app allowing for rapid interventions before the offenders reach the platform. They can then log
the outcome of the encounter as to whether an offender was apprehended, fined, not fined, etc.
New York won’t be taking advantage of this capability, however. An MTA spokesperson said the technology is only being used in New York to generate reports and quantify the amount of fare evasion happening, not to identify fare evaders or assist law enforcement.
So far, AI analysis has shown that around 50% of subway evasion comes from people walking in through the emergency exit gates, 20% jump or climb
over the turnstile, and 12% duck underneath. The tactics add up to $690 million in losses that will have to be covered by the honest riders, toll increases on motorists using MTA bridges and tunnels, and state taxpayer subsidies.
"It helps us just measure the amount of fare evasion happening," the MTA spokesperson said. "It's not alerting any NYPD officers in real time if fare evasion takes place, it's not used to ping an officer and have them go after a person who fare evades. That's not how the system works. It's just our effort to see what is happening out there."
The prearranged plea deal for Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, hit a major roadblock. The charges pertained to two tax evasion allegations and a separate, more significant charge of firearm possession. U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, appointed by President Trump, voiced concerns regarding the firearm possession charge agreement, leading to the plea deal's collapse, at least temporarily.
Hunter Biden, whose business activities have been under prolonged scrutiny, was charged with two misdemeanor tax crimes. These charges implicated him in evading over $100,000 in taxes from an income of over $1.5 million in both 2017 and 2018. An agreement was previously reached with prosecutors, with a recommendation of two years of probation on the table.
Furthermore, Biden was charged with felony firearm
possession, given his status as a known drug user. He reportedly possessed a Colt Cobra .38 Special for a brief 11-day period in October 2018. An agreed diversion agreement meant that Biden would not formally plead guilty to the charge. Should he abide by the agreement terms, the case would be dismissed from his record. However, a failure to comply would result in the deal's retraction. Notably, the charge carries a potential sentence of 10 years imprisonment. Judge Noreika expressed apprehension over the diversion agreement's wording, particularly the clauses outlining nonprosecution for future tax crimes. She encouraged attorneys to reconvene and reconsider the deal.
While this deal was intended to lift the cloud over Hunter Biden and prevent a trial that would inevitably bring incessant headlines, it has only fueled political turmoil. Republicans are arguing that Biden was handed a lenient
deal while investigations against President Trump, the leading GOP presidential candidate for 2024, proceed. Trump is embroiled in a state criminal case in New York and a federal indictment in Florida. Furthermore, recent correspondences from special counsel Jack Smith insinuate that Trump might soon face additional federal charges about his alleged attempts to maintain power following his election loss in 2020 to Joe Biden. Republicans argue that a clear double standard exists. They contend that while the president's son has been let off lightly, the president's political rival, Trump, has been unjustly targeted. Republicans in Congress are committed to their independent investigations into every aspect of Hunter Biden's dealings, including foreign payments.
Last Tuesday, a controversy emerged when Republicans from the House Ways and Means Committee filed court documents urging
Judge Noreika to consider the testimonies of IRS whistleblowers alleging interference from the Justice Department in the investigation. In the wake of this motion, a court clerk received a request to keep sensitive grand jury, taxpayer, and Social Security information under seal. This led to Judge Noreika demanding the defense team provide reasoning to avoid sanctions for alleged
There are great similarities between Barack Obama’s path to the Presidency and Michelle Obama’s possible bid for the White House in 2024. Obama once ran a voter registration organization called “Project Vote” and so does Michelle Obama with “When We All Vote”. Both Barack and Michelle have written two books. Barack Obama spoke at the 2004 Democratic Convention and Michelle Obama will do the same at the 2024 Democratic Convention to be held next year in her hometown of Chicago.
The DNC is skipping the Iowa Caucus and going right to South Carolina where the Democrats have a large black electorate and is her grandparents’ home state. The path has been paved for Michelle Obama to be the nominee for the Democrats.
In 2018, Michelle Obama went on a national book tour and was the focus of the 2023 Netflix documentary, “The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey”. She is a pop-culture phenomenon and loved by millions. Michelle Obama has
22 million followers on Twitter, over 55 million followers on Instagram and has over 19 million Facebook followers.
As the Democratic Party comes to the reality that Joe Biden will not be the 2024 Presidential nominee, the door is wide open for Michelle Obama.
Joel Gilbert is the author and creator of the book and full-length feature film, “Michelle Obama: 2024”. I have interviewed him several times and he has taken the deep dive on the real Michelle Obama. According to Gilbert, Michelle Obama claims to have grown up on the tough streets of Chicago, but in fact is from the South Shore of east Chicago, a major difference, especially in the 1960s where the South Shore was a safe middle-class mixed-race community.
Her father was a precinct captain for the Chicago Democratic party machine, Michelle walked door to door with him as a child. She led a “privileged life” and didn’t go to her local South Shore high school but went to the elite Whitney Young Magnet School, $3,500 per year at
the time in the early 1980s. Michelle went on to Princeton University and got her law degree from Harvard.
But Joel and I discussed the real Michelle Obama and her early relationships including ones with radical activists and domestic terrorists. Most notably is her early relationship with Bernadine Dohrn who taught Michelle the “politics of fear”. Bernadine is the wife of Bill Ayers, who was the founder of The Weather Underground who bombed the NYPD Headquarters in 1970, bombed
the United States Capitol, and also bombed the Pentagon. The Weather Underground also murdered two NY police officers in a botched bank robbery.
Why is this relevant?
Barack Obama’s first run for the Illinois state Senate was launched with a fundraiser in the home of Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn. Barack downplayed his relationship with Bill Ayers at the time by saying Ayers was just “a guy who lives in my neighborhood,” but Obama and Ayers were in
misrepresentations.
President Biden has largely remained silent on the matter, except for expressing pride in his son. Despite the scandal, Hunter Biden's lawyer, Christopher Clark, stated last month that it was important for Biden to accept responsibility for his past mistakes amid periods of turmoil and addiction and to focus on recovery and moving forward.
fact partners at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Gilbert documents also Michelle Obama’s early relationship with senior advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett. Jarrett hired Michelle while she was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley in 1981. Michelle Obama worked for the elite Chicago Democrat machine and this was where she met Barack. These relationships explain a lot about Obama’s origins in politics and what drives them.
Whether she runs in 2024 or later, there is a glide path for Michelle Obama to become the Democratic Presidential nominee. Her entire childhood and adult life have put her on this course. Her political and policy agenda is not to be taken lightly as Michelle Obama is deeply rooted in the Democratic Party and represents a radical agenda for the left. The mainstream media which fawns over her will propel her into spotlight once again. Roger Stone recently speculated this as well and that we could see an Obama/Newsome ticket as things appear to be moving in this direction.
With illegal immigrants flooding into the United States in unprecedented numbers–New York is receiving up to 2,000 a week with no place to put them–the mainstream media has ignored the crisis, leaving many Americans in the dark about what’s actually happening at the southern border.
Reporting from Eagle Pass just southwest of the Rio Grande, independent journalist Todd Bensman described a chaotic scene as Texas authorities turn away migrants only to see them reappear when they locate U.S. border agents who immediately take them into custody. Once on American soil, they are released with instructions to follow up with their asylum claims at a later date, most likely years in the future.
Now in America, the immigrants are shuttled to cities across the country at taxpayer expense and are provided with all the benefits afforded U.S. citizens, and then some, including cell phones and legal representation. This is President Joe Biden’s border policy, and it is tearing the nation apart.
“Sanctuary Cities” such as New York are overwhelmed and are spending billions of dollars to care for the migrants. Mayor Eric Adams has run out of room and is housing them in school gymnasiums and airport buildings. Fifty percent of the Big Apple’s hotel rooms are filled with immigrants, and Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to house them in college dormitories and anywhere else she can find without eliciting a huge community backlash. Attempts by Adams to shuttle them to the suburbs are being rebuffed by officials who argue that local taxpayers shouldn’t be asked to foot the bill for services that are already falling short for the homeless, veterans, and others already on the street. In response, the mayor sued them.
Adams pointed to a billion-dollar hole in his latest budget, which he calls the “asylum seekers federal shortfall” as Washington has not been forthcoming with adequate funds. In desperation, Adams has notified migrant adults without children that they will have to leave the city’s shelters and printed flyers warning that New York City cannot deliver on the promises of sanctuary made to those heading north. Border agents have been instructed by Biden officials not to distribute them.
Democrats, Liberals and the Progressives who support Biden turn a blind eye to the situation, and the mainstream media ignores it. Anyone who questions what is going on is attacked as a racist or xenophobe. Silicone Valley aggressively scrubs dissenting opinions from the Internet and Social Media, and those speaking out are routinely de-platformed. Those with courage continue to say what it is: The Biden open
border strategy is a massive vote harvesting scheme designed to bring in new voters dependent on the government. Those providing these services will collect their votes; those who oppose them will be painted as evil.
Reporting on his podcast, “Law and Border,” journalist Ben Bergquam posts videos of the trail through Panama that immigrants use to come north to the United States. He shows piles of trash containing used condoms and children’s underwear. Turning to the camera, he lets President Biden and Homeland Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas have it. “This is what your open-door policy is bringing us. It’s all a fraud; it’s treason. The question is when is America going to have enough?”
Bensmen is one of the few journalists at the border reporting the truth. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s “Border Czar,” won’t go down there. His report appeared in Britain’s Daily Mail, the world’s largest news outlet since the mainstream media in America won’t touch it. Bensman describes the scene as “nothing short of an absurd civil war of sorts pitting two American forces, one controlled by Texas and the other by Washington D.C., against each other.”
According to Bensmen, the U.S. Border Patrol leased a private pecan farm, at taxpayer expense, to accommodate illegal immigrants entering the country at Eagle Pass. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded by dispatching officers to barricade the farm's gate and destroy a ramp leading migrants up from the river. The Daily Mail’s headline for the story reads: “The wasteful, ludicrous conflict pits two American forces against each other and it's a glimpse into a truly dysfunctional border crisis.”
“Just outside the property's fence, however–between the river and the farm–Texas DPS authorities stand guard and bristle with frustration,” Bensman reports. “Why?”
'It seems that U.S. Border Patrol is letting migrants in and we're doing our part in order to keep them out,” Texas State Highway Patrol Sgt. Rene Cordova said. He pointed to the fortifications they've built to stop migrants from crossing onto the Urbinas' farm, which Border Patrol just as quickly tore down. It also wasn't helpful that the Urbinas, Bensman notes, dug the ramp down to the river to make the steep bank more accessible.
Gov. Abbott sent state troopers to occupy the Urbinas' land on the grounds that criminal activity was taking place. He ordered the ramp bulldozed, strung rows of barbed wire across the property, and planted a large sign that threatens a fine and reads: “You cannot pass here.” When the state discovered that the gates had been breached, the Department of Public Safety chained them shut and piled dirt
high on both sides of the opening. Down at the river, dozens of migrants blocked by DPS officers cooled themselves in the shallow waters, Bensman reported. Still more swim back to Piedras Negras on the Mexican side of the border. They're all biding their time–looking for an opening in the Texas defenses or a friendly U.S. Border Patrol agent to give them a hand.
“Privately, because they're not authorized to speak, some Border Patrol agents tell me they abhor having to escort illegal aliens into the country,” Bensman said. “But they're following orders. One young, dripping-wet Venezuelan man confirmed it all to me. 'They [Texas Department of Public Safety officers] won't let us pass,' he says. So, his group will walk several hundred yards upriver to a spot
where they heard that the green uniformed 'American immigracion' officers might be found. 'Over there, Border Patrol will take you so we can try and get asylum because we're poor and we're wanting a better life,' he said, squishing away in soggy sneakers.”
The Urbina farm offers a small glimpse of a much larger game playing out up and down the Rio Grande–a bizarre consequence of contradictory state and federal policies, the journalist reported. With $10 billion in new state appropriations, Texas state police and national guard troops have turned this part of the borderlands into a garrison, complete with makeshift walls of cargo containers, steel fencing, and the ubiquitous barbed wire. The activity is so intense that it has reshaped the river
itself. Texas forces occupy gravel river islands where migrants often hide. On one, they've thinned out the vegetation and planted a Texas state flag.
The state has similarly denuded thousands of yards of riverbank downriver from Eagle Pass, bulldozing access roads and stationing camouflaged National Guard personnel and DPS officers along it. And, most recently, Gov. Abbott ordered a thousand feet of marine barrier, featuring large spinning buoys and a submerged net hanging below, to be installed in the Rio Grande to prevent swimmers from crossing. Texas boats, helicopters, military equipment, drones, and police invited from other states such as Florida, give the scene the feel of a multi-layered military bulwark.
“But no matter what obstacle–physical and otherwise–Texas erects, Border Patrol attempts to undermine them,” Bensman said. “In one instance, more than 100 Venezuelans, Cubans and Colombians hike thousands of yards to a point beyond the barbed wire and patrols, where Border Patrol vehicles were waiting. The immigrants crossed the river and, as I watch, they are escorted into transport vans. Texas state troopers on ATVs and in highway patrol vehicles can only observe. By the time the immigrants are beyond the state's wire, especially if they are in Border Patrol's custody, the officers are powerless to do much of anything.”
“Three-quarters into the fiscal year and we’re borrowing an astounding $5.1 billion per day,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget as the national debt soared past $32.6 trillion under President Biden. “If that isn’t a sign that we need a wake-up call, maybe it should be the fact that the deficit for this fiscal year is now larger than all of last year's deficit – and there’s still three months to go.”
MacGuineas was referring to a Treasury report showing that the nation is a staggering $1.4 trillion over budget in just the first nine months of the 2023 fiscal year.
With each U.S. taxpayer on the hook for $253,357 just
to cover what’s on the books now, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a recent report that the national debt will be nearly twice as large as the U.S. economy in 30 years.
“By the end of 2023, federal debt held by the public equals 98 percent of GDP,” according to the budget office. “Debt then rises in relation to GDP: It surpasses its historical high in 2029, when it reaches 107 percent of GDP, and climbs to 181 percent of GDP by 2053.”
Deficits will also rise.
“In CBO’s projections, the deficit equals 5.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, declines to 5.0 percent by 2027, and then grows in every year, reaching 10.0 percent of GDP in 2053,” the report said. “Over the past century, that level has been exceeded only
during World War II and the coronavirus pandemic.”
America’s debt will exceed the budget for national defense within a decade as federal spending trends show interest payments will soon be the largest expense of the federal government.
“The federal government borrowed $2 trillion over the past 12 months. That’s $63,000 per second,” said Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz. “It’s delusional to think our debt doesn’t matter when America’s working class suffers the consequences.”
The responsible federal budget committee said that the trust funds for Medicare, Social Security and highways “will face insolvency” within a decade.
"Equal Justice Under Law"
– these powerful words, prominently displayed above the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building, serve as an enduring symbol of the Supreme Court's vital role in the United States. As the ultimate guardian of the law, the Supreme Court bears a tremendous responsibility to ensure that the American people are granted the promise of equal justice under the law.
How are Supreme Court justices appointed? Comprised of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices, the Court's composition is determined through a rigorous procedure.
The President of the United States nominates individuals to fill these esteemed positions, and their appointments are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. This meticulous appointment process ensures that only highly qualified individuals are entrusted with the responsibility of upholding justice in the nation's highest court. Presently, the bench includes Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Americans should deeply care about the Supreme Court for several compelling reasons. Firstly, the Court's interpretations of the Constitution serve as the legal
framework that all other courts and governmental agencies must adhere to. Its decisions have farreaching implications on various aspects of American life, ranging from civil rights to individual liberties, from corporate regulations to the balance of powers between the federal and state governments. The Court's rulings shape the nation's legal landscape, influencing the course of justice and societal progress.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court acts as the final arbiter of the law, ensuring that the principles of "Equal Justice Under Law" are upheld. Through its adjudicative functions, the Court provides a critical check and balance on the actions of the executive and legislative branches of government. Its role in safeguarding the rights and liberties of individuals is instrumental in maintaining a just and equitable society. Each year, the Court convenes to review thousands of cases, deliberating over matters that impact the lives of countless Americans. Its decisions carry immense weight, shaping the course of the nation's history.
The history of the Supreme Court is rich and deep-rooted in American tradition. Established by the United States Constitution, it began to take shape with the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789. More than 225 years later, of all the branches of the federal government, the Court bears the
closest resemblance to its original form – a testament to its steadfast commitment to justice and the rule of law. As we move forward, the Supreme Court continues to embody the principles of "Equal Justice Under Law," ensuring that the scales of justice remain balanced and accessible to all.
The Supreme Court's jurisdiction extends to all cases, both law and equity, arising under the Constitution, US laws, and treaties. It holds authority over cases involving ambassadors, public ministers, consuls, and controversies between states, citizens, and foreign states. The Court exercises original jurisdiction in cases involving these specific parties, while for all other cases, it has appellate jurisdiction, subject to any exceptions and regulations made by Congress.
In addition to its adjudicative functions, the Supreme Court possesses rule-making power over the procedures of lower courts, thanks to Congress. This power allows the Court to shape and refine the legal processes followed by lower courts, ensuring consistency and fairness in the administration of justice.
Each term, from the first Monday in October to the first Monday of the following October, the Court begins reviewing thousands of new cases, representing a sharp increase from previous decades. Plenary review with oral arguments is
granted to approximately 80 cases per term, with many cases disposed of without complete review. The process of reaching decisions can result in thousands of pages of opinions and orders, often undergoing multiple revisions before finalization. This rigorous and comprehensive process underscores the Court's commitment to thorough examination and deliberation.
Some of the courts' recent landmark decisions include Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), the Supreme Court bravely revisited and overruled the Roe v. Wade (1973) ruling, adjusting the legal perspective on abortion rights.
In June 2023, the Court made
another significant ruling. This time the case was Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, which focused on whether affirmative action programs in colleges meant to increase diversity, were lawful. The Court said they weren't, reinforcing the importance of individual achievements and merit in college admissions. This decision is seen as a move towards treating all students equally during admissions, without bias or favoritism.
Through its profound influence on the nation's legal landscape, the Court plays a pivotal role in ensuring that "Equal Justice Under Law" is not merely a phrase but a lived reality for all Americans.
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Trump continues to dominate the GOP field in the latest polls. According to Real Clear Politics, Trump leads in the New Hampshire Primary by 14 points and he is up +25 points in the Ohio Presidential Primary. In the latest Morning Consult 2024 Republican Presidential Nomination poll, Trump is up by 35 points over DeSantis and an average of about 50 points ahead of everyone else. The recent I&I/ TIPP 2024 Republican Presidential Primary polling has Trump up 39 points and an average of about 50 points ahead of the rest of the GOP candidates.
Trump continued to outperform the competition in 2nd Quarter fundraising hauling in $35 million. His average donation is less than $35, showing he has strong grassroots-support among average Americans. DeSantis has struggled in this category as only 15% of his fundraising efforts come from small donors. But on top of the $20 million that DeSantis has raised, the Never Back Down PAC took in about
$130 million for DeSantis, keeping him in contention for next year’s primaries.
Trump jumped in the polls during the last two indictments against him and with two more indictments on the horizon, another Trump boost is expected in the polls. People are dubious about the legitimacy of these indictments, especially among GOP and Conservative voters and that this is a tactic being used by the Dems to take out their strongest political opponent.
Mike Pence may have hurt himself in last week’s The Family Leadership Summit in Iowa when Tucker questioned him about whether we should be spending $200 per day per American in Ukraine instead of cleaning up our cities. Tucker asked Pence, “You are distressed that Ukrainians don’t have enough American tanks,” while “public filth and disorder and crime has exponentially increased,” referring to “every American city.” Pence’s response was “That is not my concern,” a phrase that will most likely haunt him with the conservative base going forward and will most
certainly be used against him by the other candidates. 95.8% of attendees at this past weekend’s Turning Point Action Conference opposed U.S. involvement in Ukraine. Pence defended his response to Tucker by saying, “Anybody who says we can't be the leader of the free world and solve our problems at home has a pretty small view of the greatest nation on Earth. We can do both.” This clash with Tucker, combined with the fact that Pence raised less
than $1.2 million and finished the quarter with nearly $1.1 million in the bank, according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, may be an ominous sign for the Pence campaign.
One interesting dynamic is that Vivek Ramaswamy has leapfrogged Mike Pence in at least two polls that were released over the last week, giving Vivek about 8% support, higher than everyone except DeSantis. Vivek is also tied with Pence in this
week’s I&I/TIPP polling, at 7% of the vote. Vivek’s message has been well received by young people and among conservative and independent voters. This is noteworthy considering he is new to the scene, relatively unknown prior to this, and like Trump has never held public office before his bid to run for the Presidency. But Trump, unlike Vivek, had a distinct advantage back in 2016 with celebrity status and possessed name recognition for many decades before running for office.
Tim Scott pulled has an impressive “cash on hand” at about $20 million and polled at 8% in the latest UNH Poll. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has gained attention when he loaned his own campaign $10 million in the 2nd quarter and had $1.8 million in donations. Nikky Haley, Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson were all at between 2 and 5% in every major poll over the last two weeks. With the Iowa Caucus less than six months away, things are shaping up for the GOP field but at this point Trump continues to be the one to beat.
Enough fentanyl to kill every American has been seized by Texas authorities since 2022 as the war at the southern border escalates between Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration.
“Every individual who is apprehended or arrested and every ounce of drugs seized would have otherwise made their way into communities across Texas and the nation due to President Joe Biden’s open border policies,” Abbott said as he presented a weekly progress report on his Operation Lone Star border security plan.
The comments come as the Justice Department sued Texas over the installation of a floating barrier across the Rio Grande River to keep migrants from illegally crossing. The Biden administration is also planning to take Texas to court over a barrier Abbott ordered at Eagle Pass, an area inundated with illegal border crossers. “Texas will see you in court, Mr. President,” he said.
“We allege that Texas has flouted federal law by installing a barrier in the Rio Grande without obtaining the required federal authorization,” Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said. “This floating barrier poses threats to navigation and public safety and presents
humanitarian concerns. Additionally, the presence of the floating barrier has prompted diplomatic protests by Mexico and risks damaging U.S. foreign policy.”
According to the Lone Star State governor, Biden’s failure to secure the southern border has turned the Texas-Mexico boundary into the deadliest land crossing in the world. “Neither of us wants to see another death in the Rio Grande River,” Abbott said in a letter to Biden. “Yet your open-border policies encourage migrants to risk their lives by crossing illegally through water, instead of safely and legally at a port of entry. Nobody drowns on a bridge.”
With border agents distracted by the flood of migrants, drug smugglers have an easy time getting their contraband through. Operatives known as “Coyotes” work in concert with the smugglers to ferry both people and drugs across the border. They control the border, critics charge, and know where the agents are at any given time. Ingredients for fentanyl originate from China and are converted to the deadly drug in Mexico, where, members of Congress such as Matt Gaetz of Florida say, is part of a wellorchestrated plan to make money and kill Americans.
Department of Homeland
Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas was lambasted during a hearing on fentanyl trafficking last week. Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, a former federal prosecutor, told him: “When people die of fentanyl poisoning, it is your fault.” Members of the GOP majority in the house are looking to impeach Mayorkas and President Biden for what they’re allowing to occur at the border.
Biden’s border policy provides asylum status to anyone entering the country. The nation is spending billions accommodating the millions of migrants taking the president up on his offer to come here with the only proviso being that they show up in court, mostly likely years later–if ever– to argue
their asylum case. The policy has created an unmitigated crisis in cities across the country where the migrants are transported by border governors such as Abbott and any number of nongovernmental agencies funded by the taxpayers.
In New York, the “Sanctuary City” declaration of Mayor Eric Adams is overwhelming homeless shelters and public services as Adams calls an extra $1 billion in his budget the “asylum seekers federal shortfall.” He’s suing counties and other municipalities for any effort to stop him from housing the migrants in their jurisdictions and has given adults a 60-day notice to leave the city’s shelters. He’s printed flyers notifying migrants that
the city can no longer provide sanctuary as advertised, flyers that border agents are not distributing as per orders from Biden officials.
In the meantime, cartels are using the chaos at the border to continue pumping fentanyl and other illicit drugs into the U.S. in unprecedented amounts, with deaths and overdoses at epidemic levels. “If you truly care about human life, you must begin enforcing federal immigration laws,” Abbott said to Biden. “By doing so, you can help me stop migrants from wagering their lives in the waters of the Rio Grande River. You can also help me save Texans, and indeed all Americans, from deadly drugs like fentanyl, cartel violence, and the horrors of human trafficking.”
In April, Abbott announced the seizure of over 3.1 million lethal doses of fentanyl, about 14 pounds, during a single traffic stop conducted under Operation Lone Star, the largest single fentanyl seizure by Texas to date. "Fentanyl is the single greatest drug threat our state and country has ever known, and this record amount of fentanyl seized would have otherwise made its way into communities across Texas and the nation because of President Joe Biden's open border policies," Abbott said at the time.
ByRaheemSoto
Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-02) has introduced a new piece of legislation focused on increasing protections for unaccompanied immigrant children under federal custody.
The Protecting UACs (Unaccompanied Alien Children) Through Enhanced Sponsor Vetting Act seeks to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002. This amendment aims to enhance procedures for vetting sponsors and determining placements for these children. The bill was presented to the House of Representatives before being forwarded to an unspecified committee for further deliberation.
This proposed amendment aligns with the ongoing governmental effort to safeguard unaccompanied children
migrating to the United States. The children, often fleeing violence and economic hardship in their home countries, arrive in the U.S. alone, making them especially vulnerable.
The bill calls for the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and enforce additional protocols when
making placement decisions for these children. An essential component of these changes is to conduct comprehensive criminal history background checks on potential sponsors using the Next Generation Identification System or its future equivalent.
The legislation requires consultations with law enforcement entities - Federal, State, and local agencies - before approving a prospective sponsor. This measure scrutinizes any criminal activities involving the potential sponsor, adding another layer of security to the vetting process.
To promote transparency and collaboration, the bill also mandates that the Director notify State and local governments about any decisions to place an unaccompanied alien child with a sponsor. This notification would include the Governor of the state and the mayor or
equivalent officeholder of the locality where the sponsor resides.
Another key proposal in the bill is the sharing of intelligence related to any membership or affiliation with transnational criminal organizations that may be discovered during the placement process of an unaccompanied alien child. This measure is vital in the fight against human trafficking and other forms of exploitation that these children are particularly susceptible to.
Should these measures be enacted, they could provide a crucial additional layer of protection for unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody. The bill aims to ensure the children are placed in safe environments, significantly reducing the risk of criminal exploitation.
Country superstar Jason Aldean has faced a storm of controversy since the release of his music video for "Try That in a Small Town," a track from his forthcoming eleventh studio album. The video has stirred debate over its visuals and was subsequently removed from CMT.
Initially released in May, the lead single rapidly caught fire for its powerful lyrics, which some critics misconstrued as promoting violence and racism. They zeroed in on lines like "Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they're gonna round up / Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck. Try that in a small town / See how far ya make it down the road / Around here, we take care of our own."
The song and its music video, released on July 14, became a hot topic in media discussions. The video, directed by Shaun Silva, features Aldean performing in front of Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, which happened to be the site of the tragic lynching of Henry Choate in 1927. It also
incorporated visuals of riots and vandalism from the 2020 racial injustice protests.
According to the production company, TackleBox, the choice of location was due to its popularity in the film industry, having been used in several movies and music videos. They insisted that Aldean wasn't involved in choosing the filming site and that its history had no connection to the video's theme.
As the controversy gathered, Aldean took to social media to share his perspective. He dismissed the allegations of endorsing lynching as dangerous and meritless, stressing that the song neither references race nor contains footage that wasn't real news. He emphasized his desire for the song to represent the tight-knit communities he experienced growing up, where neighbors looked out for each other regardless of differences.
The country singer also addressed the backlash during his concert in Cincinnati, calling out cancel culture and expressing his longing for a return to America's former glory before the nation's current divisive state.
Despite the mounting criticism, Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" has succeeded considerably. It hit No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Moreover, the song recorded the highest week of sales for a country song in over a decade, according to Billboard.
Following the release, CMT removed the music video from its network. The song continues to enjoy popularity on YouTube, garnering over 18 million views as of July 25.
The controversy has also elicited mixed reactions from
the country music community.
Leftist Sheryl Crow, a vocal advocate for stricter gun control measures, criticized the track's perceived promotion of violence. Meanwhile, Brittany Kerr Aldean, Jason's wife, and singer Blanco Brown rallied behind him, with Brown insisting on Aldean's non-racist character despite his objections to the song's lyrics.
Reports surfaced that artists like Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, and Hank Williams Jr. pulled their music videos from CMT in solidarity with Aldean. However, these reports were debunked by
a CMT representative.
Finally, producers reportedly removed archival footage of Black Lives Matter rioters from the video after Fox threatened legal action. The footage depicted BLM protesters during the 2020 protests, intensifying the narrative of Aldean's song. Critics have argued that the song depicts the surge in crime in major cities rather than condoning violence or racism.
Unbowed, Aldean continues to perform his hit single to appreciative audiences, refusing to capitulate to the outcry. He insists on the song's true meaning: a call for unity and a return to a sense of community, underlining that the song is not about race or promoting violence.
This controversy underscores the high-stakes battle over culture and interpretation within the music industry and the broader society. Jason Aldean stands firm on his music and values, reminding us all that country music is about more than just catchy tunes – it's about real people, real issues, and a strong sense of community.
The problems facing our nation’s power grid are real and it’s not about the weather as much as it is how we produce our energy for the electrical grid. Many are blaming it on extreme temperatures and “climate change” but renewable energy is playing a huge role in the recent stresses on meeting our energy demands. A fossil fuel or nuclearbased energy grid is reliable and steady, the kind of energy where when you hit the “on”button you have immediate energy that is controlled by a utility on a known basis. Wind and solar energy provide only intermittent electricity with vicissitude and are subject the variability of weather and sunlight.
As we move farther away, gas and coal energy production in our energy grid is more vulnerable in meeting peak-load demands.
PJM is the largest electrical operator in the U.S. and is warning that it may have to resort to emergency procedures to keep things going. PJM accounts for 22% of U.S. electricity and serves 13 states including Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. It is one of eight electrical grid operators nationwide.
Dave Walsh is the former President at Mitsubishi Power Systems and is an expert on the grid. I spoke with him several times over the past few weeks regarding meeting our electric demand. He stated, “July, 2006 was the highest ever peak demand for PJM, not this week.” and they remained operational at that time. He explained that a “reserve margin” is needed and is the headroom between how much generation PJM has at peak energy generation and a buffer or a safety zone to ensure operation. “In the summer, you need to make about 20% more energy than what is needed to meet peak demand to avoid blackouts. The reserve margins have been far lower over the last seven years,” stated Dave Walsh. This is due to the shift from continuous baseload natural gas combustion and coal plants to renewable energy like solar and wind which only produce power about 20% of a given day. This has led to a gigantic deficit when there is peak-load demand.
Coal plants produce about 50,000 megawatts of PJM’s 250,000 megawatts of energy production and 50% of these coal plants are to be shut down in the next five years. 58% of that load will be replaced with renewables. This problem will exacerbate over the next five years as we move from fossil fuel plants to variable energy renewables.
Solar energy production only accounts for a few hours a day of energy production and the rest of the day and night it is at zero and wind power is only able to generate power for about 8.5 hours a day.
Battery storage backups for
wind and solar production costs about five times what conventional energy production does and only works to store about four hours a day of electricity. Battery storage sites only back-up renewable energy sources as combined cycle combustion energy plants like nuclear or fossil fuel plants provide continuous energy 24/7 for the power grid. In addition, the battery storage industry relies on China for rare earth minerals and most of those are being used for EV car batteries.
Then there is the cost of renewables. According to Walsh, solar costs 4.5 times more to
build and offshore wind is 9.5 times more costly. In Europe they are spending about $.35 per kilowatt where we only spend about $12.5 cents per kilowatt to produce electricity and the dirty little secret is that you have to have a fully functional conventional fossil fuel or nuclear energy supply underlying renewable energy as we must account for all of the downtime that solar and wind don’t produce energy. Offshore wind only produces energy about 42% of the time and solar about 23%.
At about $36 bucks a kilowatt hour to build, a combined cycle gas-fired power plant is the most efficient energy source. Variable renewables are about 13% of the U.S. power production and only three percent of that is backed up by battery storage.
The end result is that there will be more exposure to brownouts and service curtailments when it is extremely hot or cold and where we reach peak power demand. We need to stall the shutdown of base-load fossil fuel plants or increase our nuclear energy output until they figure out how to address these issues and the limitations and expense of renewable energy.
ByRaheemSoto
The long-standing supremacy of the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency, a status it has held unchallenged since World War II, is under increasing pressure. The International Monetary Fund's data that nearly 60% of global reserves are held in dollar-denominated assets underscores the U.S. dollar's role as the backbone of international trade. However, recent Western-led sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have prompted other nations to reconsider their reliance on the U.S. dollar due to apprehensions about the potential repercussions of displeasing Washington.
Countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Bangladesh, and India are now casting their nets wider in search of alternate currencies and assets like the Chinese yuan and Bitcoin. This broadening search is designed to hedge against the risks associated with the dollar's unrivaled dominance in global finance, a concern that predates the current geopolitical
situation.
The United States controls the world's principal currency for international trade and payments, endows it with a disproportionate influence over global economies. A Wilson Center report cites the dollar's overvaluation as a recurrent issue for other nations. The U.S. can print more money to avoid a debt crisis in the event
of a sharp drop in the dollar value. Countries worldwide must align their economic and monetary policies closely with the U.S.
One notable critic is the Reserve Bank of India, which advocates using the Indian rupee for trade to circumvent what they perceive to be the capricious monetary policies of the U.S.
Another point of contention arises from the strength of the U.S. dollar, which has made imports significantly more expensive for emerging economies. A notable example of this can be seen in Argentina's recent switch to using the Chinese yuan to pay for imports. Argentina was prompted to make this move due to domestic political
pressure, a drop in exports, and dwindling U.S. dollar reserves, which put immense pressure on the Argentinian peso and stoked inflation.
The ascendancy of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency was cemented mainly by Middle Eastern countries use of the dollar for oil trade. However, the shale oil revolution in the U.S. has turned the country into a net oil exporter, making it energy independent and potentially destabilizing the petrodollar's position.
This development, combined with recent tensions between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, presents a potential future in which Saudi Arabia could abandon its practice of pricing oil in U.S. dollars. Such a shift would significantly undermine the U.S. dollar's global dominance and signal a seismic global economy shift. As we approach the 2024 election cycle, how the election outcome will affect U.S. financial policy remains to be seen.
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act was not acted upon by the New York State Legislature in its past session, but a co-sponsor of the measure, State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. of Sag Harbor, is looking for action in the legislature’s next session which starts with the new year.
“I think it’s an important bill,” said Thiele last week. “Community newspapers are such a critical part of democracy. They are checks on the system.”
But through the nation and in New York State, community newspapers have in recent times been unable to survive because of economic problems and “a changing media environment,” said Thiele.
Indeed, said the long-time assemblyman, “a lot of places in the state are now media deserts”— communities with no community newspapers.
The act would be implemented by providing state tax credits to media companies that hire more local journalists, and a personal income tax credit of up to $250 annually to those who support local media companies as subscribers.
The measure is non-partisan. Its two other co-sponsors from Suffolk County besides Thiele are
Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio of Riverhead and Senator Anthony Palumbo of New Suffolk, both Republicans. Thiele is a Democrat.
“We the undersigned lead newsrooms, unions and other organizations working to strengthen local news in the state of New York. We do not, as a rule, write letters to elected officials, but we believe that the dramatic loss of community journalism is grievously harming communities— and that the legislation being considered in New York State is a First Amendment-friendly way of addressing this crisis,” wrote an array of publishers and editors, representatives of press unions and others earlier this year in a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul and leaders of the state legislature.
“The scale of the problem is hard to overstate,” declared this coalition, Rebuild Local News. “The number of weekly newspapers in New York plunged from 439 in 2004 to 249 in 2019.”
“Nationally we’ve seen about a 57% decline in the number of reporters in less than two decades. On average, two newspapers are closing each week,” it said.
It noted: “Studies have shown that communities with less local
and enables neighbors to better understand each other. It strengthens communities.”
I’ve mentioned in this space how I was inspired to go into journalism by a college internship at the Cleveland Press which had emblazoned above its entrance its motto: “Give light and the people will find their own way." Regularly I saw those words become reality especially because of the newspaper’s investigative reporting. The Cleveland Press no longer exists.
news have more waste, corruption and polarization—and less civic engagement.”
“We are all working hard to quickly adapt our business models, better engage readers, and draw in support from the philanthropic sector. But these steps will not be nearly big enough or fast enough. And the vacuums that are being created by the shrinking of local news are being rapidly filled by social media, national partisan news, counterfeit local websites (funded by political activists of both parties) and conspiracy theories. The communities harmed are rural and urban, large and small, red and blue. Time is of the essence.”
“This nonpartisan legislation
also has firewalls to prevent elected officials from rewarding or punishing particular news outlets,” it continued. “No government body decides to give a grant to this newsroom or that. It’s a tax provision. You qualify or you don’t. That provides great insulation.”
“We’ll end on a note that may seem unusual in a letter like this. Part of why we need a strong local press is to hold elected officials accountable. Passing this will not make us do less of that. In fact, it will help us do more,” it said.
“But the benefits go beyond that. Community news helps residents make choices for their families, gives communities the information they need to tackle their problems,
I later spent years at the daily Long Island Press. It no longer exists.
Thiele says the tax credit plan in the bill is similar to “the incentives provided to so many industries to improve their health.” And, in this case so needed, as he says, to “insure the state of democracy on the local level.”
Issues involving housing and crime dominated the past session of the state legislature which ended last month. Thiele relates that when tax issues—including tax credit matters—are involved, typically the legislative process is slow.
Helping the local press be sustainable is vital for local democracy.
BY REV. FREDERICK MILLER. PH.D.
Before the Pentagon was built, the United States Department of War was headquartered in the Munitions Building and spread out in additional buildings in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
When World War II broke out in Europe in 1939, the War Department rapidly expanded to deal with current issues and in anticipation that the United States would be drawn into the conflict. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson noted the overcrowding department officers spreading to additional sites. Stimson told President Franklin D. Roosevelt in May 1941 that the War Department needed additional space. On 17 July 1941, a congressional hearing took place, organized by Congressman Clifton Woodrum (D-VA), regarding proposals for new War Department buildings. Woodrum pressed Brigadier General Eugene Reybold, who was representing the War
Department at the hearing, for an “overall solution” to the department’s “space problem”, rather than building yet more temporary buildings. Reybold agreed to report back to the congressman within five days. The War Department called upon its construction chief, General Brehon Somervell, to come up with a plan.
Government officials agreed that the War Department building, officially designed Federal Office Building No.1, should be constructed across the Potomac River, in Arlington County, Virginia. The site originally chosen was Arlington Farms, which had an asymmetric, roughly pentagonal shape, so the building was planned accordingly as an irregular pentagon. Concerned that the new building could obstruct the view of Washington D.C., President Roosevelt ended up selecting the Hoover Airport site instead. The building retained
the pentagonal layout because Roosevelt liked it and a major redesign at that stage would have been costly. The ground was broken on September 11, 1941, and the building was dedicated on January 15, 1943.
The Pentagon is the world’s largest office building, with
about 6.5 million square feet of floor space. The building spans 28.7 acres and includes an additional 5.1 acres as a central courtyard. It is five stories high and two floors below the surface. With the corridors there are five ring per floor with a total of 17.5 miles of corridors. Some 23,000
military and civilian employees, and another 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon.
Starting with the north side and moving clockwise, its five façade entrances are the Mall Terrace, the River Terrace, and the Concourse (or Metro Station), South Parking, and the Heliport. On the north side of the building, the Mall Entrance, which features a portico leads out to a 600 ft-long terrace that is used for ceremonies. The River Entrance, which features a portico projecting out twenty feet and is on the northeast side overlooking the lagoon and facing Washington. There is also a concourse on the southeast side of the second floor of the building, which contains a mini-shopping mall. The main entrance for visitors is on the southeast side, as are the Pentagon Metro station and the bus station.
Rangers system for Scherzer’s services as Luisangel Acuña will be joining the Mets Double-A affiliate in Binghamton, New York to complete the deal.
Acuña, who is a middle infielder, checks in as the 44th best prospect in all of baseball according to MLB Pipeline and was the third best prospect in the Texas Rangers system behind Evan Carter and Owen White.
The 21 year old who is the little brother of Braves Superstar and National League MVP favorite Ronald Acuña
Jr has been dominating at the Double-A level in 2023. He has a batting average of .315 and 42 stolen bases across 82 games this season.
Throughout his career, Acuña swiped 126 bags in 151 attempts during his two-plus years in minor league play for the Rangers before the trade. He is a true shortstop who has the ability to stick there or at second base long term.
The Mets now have an interesting issue as the team now has two of their best prospects
(Acuña and Rony Marucio) listed as middle infielders and the Mets currently employ Francisco Lindor and 2022 National League batting champion Jeff McNeil. Acuña is a very good athlete who could wind up at second base if McNeil is moved or in the outfield like his brother Ronald.
It is unclear what the Mets plan to do with Acuña, but they have got themselves a potential franchise altering player who could become one of the most exciting players in the league when he finally gets called up.
ByNickCipollaFollowing his most recent start against the Nationals, Max Scherzer sat down with the Mets and he discussed the direction of the franchise and his future with the team.
What would develop in the next 24 hours was somewhat predictable but also came as a shock to everyone in baseball as the Texas Rangers and New York Mets struck a deal that would give the Mets a top 100 prospect and potential superstar in the making, Luisangel Acuna to the Mets in exchange for the future Hall of Fame pitcher.
The 39 -year-old has had one of his worst seasons as a pro in 2023. He currently has a 4.01 earned run average across 107⅔ innings pitched. He also has had a hard time keeping fly
balls in the park this year as he has allowed a National League leading 23 home runs and is on pace to surpass his career high of 31 allowed.
Scherzer originally seemed hesitant to waive his no trade clause as he was unsure if he would opt into the final year of his contract that would guarantee him $43.33 million if he decided to stay with the team that would employ him.
Once the Rangers worked out a deal where they agreed to pay Scherzer beyond 2023 as long as the Mets covered $22.5 million of his contract, including the $16 million he is owed for the rest of this season and part of the player option, he will sign to stay in Texas for the 2024 season.
The Mets would receive a highly touted prospect in the
The Jets may be looking to add more star power as running back Dalvin Cook met with the team this week.
It was reported earlier this week that the Ex-Viking running back will visit the team as he is seeking a new deal after he was surprisingly released by Minnesota this offseason.
Cook is one of the NFL’s premier running backs as he has made four straight Pro Bowls and has rushed for 1100+ yards in each of these four seasons with a peak year that saw him run for 1557 yards in 2020.
The Jets would hope to add him to create a scary one-two punch
that would include Cook and second year running back Breece Hall who had a promising rookie season until he tore his ACL in Denver early in the year.
Cook appeared to be very impressed with the Jets visit and he would cancel all his remaining visits with other teams around the league.
The Long Island Ducks have been nothing but a success since they started playing in 2000 by Atlantic League founder Frank Boulton. Thursday Night was just another milestone for the franchise that Boulton once said was “The best thing I've ever done in baseball.”
The Ducks entered play on Thursday with 1,599 wins in the franchise's 23 years of existence and they had a chance to make history in front of a home crowd at Fairfield Properties Ballpark.
Kyle Lobstein took the Mound for the Ducks as they would look to sweep the Spire City Ghost Hounds. The Ex-MLB pitcher looked solid through his first four innings of work allowing no runs and keeping the game tied at zero.
Spire City would make life difficult for Lobstein in the fifth as Scott Kelly would hit a Leadoff Double to get the rally started. Kelly would score one batter later as Leobaldo Cabrera, brother of Yankees Utility Man Oswaldo Cabrera, hit an RBI double to give the Ghost Hounds a 1-0 lead.
Cabrera would end up scoring two batters later as Jose Marmolejos hit an RBI double of his own to make it 2-0 Ghost Hounds. The inning would be capped off by a Kole Cottam two-run double that pushed the lead to 5-0 Ghost Hounds.
The Ducks were able to get a run across in the bottom of the fifth as Carlos Castro would score from third when Trent Taylor was thrown out trying to steal second base.
Castro would also be responsible for the second Ducks run scoring in the sixth as he would draw a bases loaded walk to make it a 5-2 game.
The score would remain at 5-2 until the bottom of the ninth. The Ghost Hounds would call upon Victor Capellan for the save and to secure the victory.
Unfortunately for the Ghost Hounds and Capellan, the Ducks had a rally in the works and they would score three runs in the inning to tie the game at five.
Former Met Alejandro De Aza would come up to the plate with two runners on base and two outs
in the ninth. De Aza would not back down as he would knock in a run with an RBI single to center field to make it a 5-3 Game.
Following a two out walk that would load the bases with two outs, Alex Dickerson came to the plate and was down to his final strike before he hit a game tying two run single to left field to make it a 5-5 game.
The Ducks would be unable to get another run in the ninth and the game would continue into extra innings. Manager Wally Backman would call on Ex-Detroit Tigers pitcher Al Alburquerque to pitch in
the tenth inning and the 36-yearold delivered with a scoreless inning while recording two strikeouts.
The Bullpen as a whole in this game was dominant for the Ducks. They combined for 5⅔ innings of work, striking out six batters and scattering three hits.
In the bottom of the tenth, the Ducks put men on first and third with no outs. Jack Weinburger of Spire City would then throw a wild pitch to the backstop, allowing ExMet Wilson Ramos to score from third base and giving the Ducks a 6-5 victory.
The Ducks became the first
team in Atlantic League history (1998-present) to reach 1600 victories as a franchise and they did it in their 23rd year of existence.
“We never felt out of it at any point,” said Alex Dickerson during his postgame media availability, “five runs isn’t much for us, we feel like we can put that up at any given time. The bullpen also did a great job limiting the damage and kept us in it. ”
When asked about his game tying single in the ninth, Dickerson did not hold back any of his thoughts.“In my at bat, he (Capellan) pretty much had me dead to rights after two pitches,” said Dickerson. “I then decided to completely change my setup, I opened up (my stance) so I could get a better view of his arm angle and I ended up being able to spread a ball to left field for a hit.”
Ducks finished their homestand with four wins in two series against the Ghost Hounds and the Castonia Honey Hunters. They will be on the road this upcoming week before they return home on August 8th for a homestand against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
Sean Payton made his surprise return to the NFL coaching realm this offseason when he came out of retirement and accepted the vacant Denver Broncos after his rights were traded by the Saints this offseason.
Since accepting the job, Payton has been very vocal about the horrible job done by the previous head coach and current New York Jets Offensive Coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. Hackett was hired by Denver last year and wouldn’t finish the season as he would go 4-11 in 15 games before he was fired.
The Super Bowl winning coach –who many people find responsible for reviving the career of Drew Brees after a catastrophic shoulder injury early in his career – made it known to the media how he felt about the previous regime’s inability to lead and the unfair treatment of superstar quarterback Russell Wilson who was acquired
by Denver before the previous season.
“There’s 20 dirty hands, for what was allowed, tolerated in the fricking training rooms, the meeting rooms,” Payton told USA Today on Thursday. “I don’t know Hackett. A lot of people had dirt on their hands. It wasn’t just Russell. He didn’t just flop. He still has it. This B.S. that he hit a wall? Shoot, they couldn’t get a play in. They were 29th in the league in pre-snap penalties on both sides of the ball.”
Russell Wilson has been considered one of the best quarterbacks in the game since he debuted in Seattle in 2012. 2022-23 was a nightmarish year as he posted the worst numbers of his career, finishing with 16 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and only 3,524 yards passing.
Payton even went as far as addressing Hackett by name and said that his new employer, the New York Jets, will be a big flop this season due to his inability to lead an offense, let alone a team, during his
career.
“We’re not doing any of that,” Payton said. “The Jets did that this year. You watch. ‘Hard Knocks,’ all
of it. I can see it coming.”
Jets Head Coach Robert Saleh would respond to Payton’s comments in a very mature manner
during his media availability at Jets Training camp this week. “I kind of live by a saying: ‘If you ain’t got no haters, you ain’t poppin.’ So hate away,” said Saleh. “Obviously, we’re doing something right if you’ve gotta talk about us when we don’t play you until week 4 and I’m good with it. The guys in the locker room, they’ve earned everything that’s coming to them and are really excited about what’s going on. There’s a lot of crows pecking at our necks but all you could do is spread your wings and keep flying high until those crows fall off and suffocate from the inability to breathe.”
Saleh also commented on the job Hackett has done so far in his short tenure as Jets Offensive Coordinator as “Phenomenal.”
The Jets are scheduled to face off against the Broncos in Week 5 out in Denver for what will be an important early season matchup for two of the NFL’s most talented rosters.
Ronald Hernandez was picked up by Miami in 2021 for $850,000 and has been at the rookie ball level since he signed with the team. Despite still being in rookie ball, Hernandez is having a breakout year as he has posted a .298 batting average with a .464 on base percentage. MLB Pipeline has stated that the 19 year old catcher from Venezuela has solid arm strength and showed improved throwing accuracy in 2022 as he threw out 33%
of base stealers. He also has been regarded for his receiving ability behind the plate, displaying leadership skills, and communicating with pitchers effectively.
Robertson will join his seventh different team during his 15 year career as he will try to help the surprising Marlins make it to the playoffs for the first time since the Covidshortened 2020 season. The Marlins are only half a game
out of the last wild card spot as of the time of the trade.
The Mets made it crystal clear that they believe it is truly time to start replenishing the minor league system and they still have a lot of valuable trade chips. Players like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Starling Marte, and Tommy Pham will most likely hit the road in the coming days and will certainly help the Mets out in the long term.
ByNickCipollaAfter weeks of the classic “Will they; Will they not” being pondered by fans, the Mets have finally revealed to the public their intentions at the 2023 MLB Trade Deadline. They will be sellers.
The Mets made a trade almost immediately following a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night by shipping off relief pitcher David Robertson to their division rival Miami Marlins for two minor league prospects.
Robertson, 38, has been regarded as one of the most reliable bullpen arms in baseball since he made his major league debut with the
Yankees in 2008. With the Mets this season, he has pitched to a 2.05 earned run average and accumulated 14 saves in 17 opportunities.
The Mets will receive two minor league prospects from Miami in the deal, 18 year old infielder Marco Vargas and 19 year old catcher Ronald Hernandez.
Vargas was signed by the Marlins in 2022 for $17,500 out of Mexico and was highly regarded for his ability to rack up hits and spray the ball to all parts of the ballpark. He is currently Miami’s number 18 prospect and he has spent the entire year at the rookie ball level. Vargas has hit .283 at the rookie level in 2023 with an absurd .421 on base percentage.
The Giants have locked up their 2020 first round draft pick to a record breaking five year extension on Wednesday.
Offensive Tackle Andrew Thomas agreed to a five year, $117.5 million contract extension with the New York Giants. The deal includes $67 Million guaranteed and it will keep him under contract until 2030.
The 24 year old has developed into one of the NFL’s best offensive lineman since he was drafted and good blindside protectors don’t grow on trees.
Andrew ThomasThe Giants appear to finally have their superstar offensive lineman they have desperately tried to find for years and Thomas will become a mainstay in New York afterall.
As the trade deadline approached both New York fan bases were cautiously optimistic that their teams would make some moves. The Yankees knew even if they stood pat that Aaron Judge would be returning and Carlos Rodon had finally shown up. The Mets fan base meanwhile were hoping for a big move, instead they got a sell off.
New York Mets fans were as enthusiastic as a fan base could be when Steve Cohen took over the franchise. Mired in a losing mentality for decades by the Wilpon's, Uncle Stevie was seen as a bright light and a new hope. The problem with baseball though is this is a new generation of the game. What we have seen, by and large, for years now is you
can't buy a championship. The Mets, and Cohen tried to.
Bettors around the world seemed to agree with the notion that Choen had built a winner. The Mets came in with the 2nd lowest odds to win the World Series and tied with the Braves for the best odds to take home the National League crown. They went all in on two aging, yet Hall of Fame bound starters, and things looked great. But, as many predicted, those starters had issues staying on the field and being effective. The offense is lackluster and overall the team has failed at nearly every turn.
So, as the deadline approached there were many that looked to Uncle Stevie to save the season. Maybe he
Fantasy baseball is often a tale of two seasons at least, though it does feel in 2023 as if it's a season of eight different seasons, a lot of differences, a lot of changes. At the end of April in my dynasty league I had the highest team batting average and I had the highest team on base percentage. Here we are now in the last week of July and the tides have changed. I now have the 11th overall batting average and I have the worst on base percentage, and this has happened right before my very eyes. Into the season I would have categorized as a good bet to be strong contributors in batting average and on base names like Mike Trout Trea Turner Josh bell even Alejandro Kirk.
Good fantasy baseball owners adjust and adapt to a host of changing circumstances. But when a host of good players all go bad at the same time sometimes it's just best to pause, take a deep breath and regroup. It's never a bad idea to play the hot hands. Review the stats for the last 15 days across all batters and find out who's been on a hot
same old Mets.
streak. Edward Julian comes to mind. These type of players can help stem the tide, change your fortunes and get you back on track. In 2023 there has been a host of players at the middle infield positions that have been riding hot hands and there's a lot of turnover in this respect. Owners have given up on CJ Abrams, Ezequiel Tovar and yes, even Edward Julian. I didn't even realize until the other day that Willie Castro is actually only 26 years old but there he is
would unload the entire farm system for Ohtani. Perhaps it was Soto that would be the savior. Maybe it was a combination of Snell, Hader,
Bellinger, or Arenado. Amazin fans have gotten used to being let down by management but somehow Cohen seemed different. Instead it was the
New York waived the white flag at the deadline. Dealing David Robertson for players that might help them in 2027 and showing the baseball world that they were open for business. It's not that Mets fans aren't used to disappointment, but this year felt different, this year had a new sense of hope and it came crashing down in near historic fashion. But, as any Mets fan will tell you (with roots back to Dem Bums) there's always next year. This feeling will be forgotten if Cohen opens up his wallet for Ohtani or Soto, and the process of New York being overhyped and overrated will begin again, a cycle that even new ownership seems to be stuck in.
sitting with 25 steals on July 30. It is not around every corner that you find 25 steals in late July that certainly has the potential to turn into a 40 steal season. I was surprised I had no competition on the waiver wire to obtain his services.
Speculating on starting pitching is always a practice fraught with peril. In my dynasty league this season I have made trades for Carlos Rodon, Julio Urias and Yu Darvish. To say all three have been mixed would
be quite an understatement. Going into his Wednesday start, Carlos Rodon had an ERA over 7, Yu Darvish has had an ERA over four and Julio Urias has had an ERA over 5. Coming into the 2023 season all three of those pictures would have been viewed as bets to make the top 25 list of starting pitchers. So what do you do now that they're in the middle of gigantic struggles? At various times in 2023 Logan Allen, Tanner Bibby and other starting pitchers have been a short term option. For me tanking is never an option, I will always compete until my last breath. This is why I found the news that Los Angeles had traded for starting pitcher Lucas Giolito to be such great news. There was a lot of common thoughts that they were going to trade their legitimate superstar starting pitcher hybrid designated hitter Ohtani. However, in the midst of being in the thick of the wild card playoff hunt they are going to give it a go. In my dynasty league we have a team very strongly entrenched in first place. Then we have three teams occupying
spots 2,3 and four. After that it's been a rotation between 5th and 11th place separated by 10 points for those positions. Only one team has tanked for their season and traded players like Daulton Varsho. We'll wait for draft picks. We did cover it last week that Varsho would be losing his catcher's position status for 2024 so we understand why this move was made. Still prize fund and 4th place finish is there for the taking. We have our trade deadline set for week 22 of the season to occur sometime around August 21st. It sets the stage for an relevant run of meaningful September fantasy baseball games.
And of course the final third of the season would not be complete without a host of call ups from the minor leagues of players who are hot. One such player may be Milwaukee Brewers center fielder/right fielder. Sal Frelick. Frelick is an elite defensive outfielder, makes highlight reel plays and will energize the Brewers lineup. I would add him to my fantasy baseball team.
An Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, most often referred to as an ILIT, is an estate planning tool that can help reduce, if not eliminate, an estate tax due at your death.
It is a common misconception that life insurance is not part of one’s taxable estate. This is not the case. So long as you remain the owner of the policy, the death benefit value will be included in your estate at death. By moving the policy to an ILIT, the trust takes ownership of the policy and the policy’s value is out of your taxable estate.
The current federal estate and gift tax exemption is $12.98 million, and the New York State estate tax exemption is $6.58 million. Federally, an individual can gift up to $12.98 million during their lifetime or after death without incurring a federal estate tax. However, the IRS provides for an annual exclusion amount
every year, which allows one to gift a maximum amount to any individual or entity without the gift being subject to the federal estate and gift tax. For 2023, this amount is $17,000. It is important to note that the federal gift and estate tax exemption is expected to sunset on or before January 1, 2026, reducing the exemption amount to somewhere between $5 million and $6 million, subject to inflation.
Although transferring the policy to the trust will remove its value from your estate, there are important tax implications to consider. Because the transfer of your policy to an ILIT would be deemed a gift under the IRS rules, a federal gift tax return must be filed for the transfer. Additionally, when the ILIT owns the policy, the trust will pay the premiums associated with the policy. You will first pay the money to the trust, and the trust will use the funds to pay the premiums. A properly drafted ILIT should provide that
annual premium payments made to the trust qualify under the annual exclusion amount and do not require the filing of a gift tax return for the payment to the trust. On the chance the premium amount is more than the annual exclusion amount, you will need to file a federal gift tax return for the
payment.
New York does not have a gift tax, but the state does have a threeyear claw back rule- any assets transferred within three years of one’s death will be brought back into their estate. The IRS applies the same rule for life insurance
transfers. Therefore, transferring an existing policy as early as possible will help reduce the chance of the policy being clawed back into your estate. If you do not yet own the policy, you can avoid the claw back by purchasing the policy directly in the name of the ILIT.
While an ILIT is a great estate tax planning tool and may be the right vehicle for you, it is very important to consult with an experienced Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney who can review your estate as a whole and design a plan that works best for you in accomplishing your estate planning needs.
Michal Lipshitz, Esq. is an attorney at Burner Law Group, P.C. focusing her practice areas on Estate Planning and Elder Law. Burner Law Group P.C. serves clients from Manhattan to the east end of Long Island with offices located in East Setauket, Westhampton Beach, New York City and East Hampton.
BY VINCENT PICA,
If you have been boating more than 5 minutes, it is quite possible that you have left the dock under fair skies and come back being chased by the Wrath of God… This column is about that.
The only natural disaster that kills more Americans than lightning are floods. That’s right. Hurricanes, mudslides, forest fires and tornadoes all come in behind lightning. And what is amazing to me is that you can go to a NASA website, particularly given the intro above, (NASA-Lightning), and find that lightning avoids the ocean. This proves once again that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Lightning may not hit the ocean often – the vast, almost limitless ocean that covers threequarters of the surface of the planet – but it sure likes nearcoastal environments… That’s where we are…!
We’ve all grown up counting to 5 or 6 between thunderclaps to determine how far away the storm is and whether it is getting closer or not. Lightning, which can hit as far away as 20 miles from its source-thundercloud, is so dangerous that it just makes
no sense to try to outwit it. That being the case, are there any preventative tools? Well, now that you ask, there is something called a Lightning Detector. They have been used by the military and aircraft operators for years. Now, for $200-$500, you can get a portable one for the boat.
“I need a lightning detector? I can see it!” Not if it is 20 miles away and you need to know if it is between you and home…
Unlike metal boats, fiberglass or wood boats don’t conduct electricity well so “side flash” occurs, which makes the electric charge jump around looking for good conductors. Take a look in the mirror. We are good conductors.
What to Do…
Well, not getting hit in the first place is the best advice. If the weather forecast is bad, forget about trying to get out there to take advantage of the predators starting to “feed up” (they can sense the lowering pressure via their lateral lines) before the storm. It isn’t worth it.
But, if you are out there, what do you do when you see a storm approaching? NOAA says:
Get out of the water if you are swimming off the transom. It's a great conductor of electricity.
If caught in a boat, crouch down in the center away from metal hardware.
Don't stand in puddles of water. (Ya’ think?)
Let me add a couple of thoughts.
Life jackets on everyone. Disconnect all electronics that aren’t essential to getting home. Electrical tape over the exposed leads so nothing climbs up the wire to the gear…
If you can see the edges of the storm, and the center of the storm is between you and home, run at speed and try to go around it. Squalls can be as deadly as a
major blow, but they are small’ish and can be avoided. If the storm covers the sky from horizon to horizon, say a prayer* (I carry one on the outside of my sea journal) and head in at speed.
Get on the radio and let someone know where you are, where you are headed and at what speed you can make. Check in every 15 minutes. After 30 minutes of not checking in, someone needs to start the “rescue starts now” clock...
It would be great to have individuals aboard who are competent in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid. Many individuals struck by lightning or exposed to excessive electrical current can be saved with prompt and proper artificial respiration and/or CPR. There is no danger in touching people after they have been struck by lightning. No joke. Some people fear that. No one has CPR training? Call the American Red Cross and get a course under your keel.
If a boat has been, or is suspected of having been, struck by lightning (overnight on a mooring?), check out the electrical system and the
compasses to ensure that no damage has occurred. A number of years ago, I dinghy’d out to my son’s 17’ Seahunt, sitting on her mooring east of Gunning Point. As I approached, I noticed that the bow-mounted nav lights were broken. “Son of a gun, some yahoo hit the boat last night. Must have been drunk as a skunk!” Then I noticed some of the other electronics had scorch marks and cracked glass covers. The light went on! I realized that this must be a left-over from a storm that had come through the night before. Scratching my head, I lifted the cover to check the fuel tank. Looking down, I saw that the sender wire that runs from the cockpit gauge back to the fuel tank was completely scorched – to within 1” of the fuel tank itself… We re-wired the boat and repeated our prayer.
* Dear God, Thy sea is so great and my boat is so small. Protect me…
BTW, if you are interested in being part of USCG Forces, email me at joinuscgaux@aol.com or go directly to the US Coast Guard Auxiliary “Flotilla Finder” at http://www.cgaux.org/units.php and we will help you “get in this thing...”
BY NINA JOURAWLEFF
A time set aside (usually around 11 pm) for immersion in prayer.
BeforeILayMeDown toSleep
I fall on my knees late at night in front of my Icon, a votive light illuminating
The Mother of The Christ Child basking in Her love— baring my soul in fervent prayer!
SUFFOLK COUNTY
WILMINGTON SAVINGS
FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF ACM PRIME ALAMOSA 2018 TRUST, Plaintiff against JERRY FUSCO A/K/A JERRY M. FUSCO, et al
Defendant(s)
Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., 20 Commerce Drive, Suite 230, Cranford, NJ 07016.
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered October 11, 2022, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on August 16, 2023 at 3:30 PM.
Premises known as 38 Gores Drive, Mastic, NY 11950. District 0200 Sec 823.00 Block 05.00 Lot 039.000. 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 and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $231,810.66 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 608465/2019.
During the COVID-19 health emergency, Bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of the 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. Should a bidder fail to comply, the Referee may refuse to accept any bid, cancel the closing and hold the bidder in default. 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.
Elyse Nicole Grasso, Esq., Referee NY202300000183-3L15317 - 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023, & 8/2/2023
Notice of Formation of ALRS PRODUCTS, LLC, a limited liability company.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on JUNE 13, 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 LEGALCORP SOLUTIONS, LLC, 1060 BROADWAY SUITE 100, ALBANY, NY 12204. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
L15318 – 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023, 8/2/2023, 8/9/2023, & 8/16/2023
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
DITECH FINANCIAL LLC,
MARLENE DIAZ, ET. AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 09, 2016, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein DITECH FINANCIAL LLC is the Plaintiff and MARLENE DIAZ, 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 August 8, 2023 at 12:30PM, premises known as 731 OLD MEDFORD AVENUE, MEDFORD, NY 11763: District 0200, Section 837.00, Block 03.00, Lot 039.000:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 002170/2013. Michael T. Clancy, Esq.- Referee (referee does not accept cash, only bank checks or certified checks payable to Michael T. Clancy). 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.
L15319 - 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023, & 8/2/2023
NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE
STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS CO-TRUSTEE FOR GOVERNMENT LOAN SECURITIZATION TRUST
2011-FV1, Plaintiff, v. LILLIAN L. POITRAS A/K/A LILLIAN POITRAS, TOMIE LEE POITRAS A/K/A TOMMY LEE POITRAS, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE FRANK RUSSO, ET AL, Defendants.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County on December 4, 2019, I, Elyse Nicole Grasso, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on August 10, 2023 at Suffolk Sale Location - Brookhaven, the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, County of Suffolk, State of New York, 11738 at 12:00 PM the premises described as follows:
72 Johns Neck Road a/k/a 72
Lafayette Drive Shirley, NY 11967
SBL No.: 0209-032.0002.00-052.000 f/k/a 0200983.00-04.00-052.000
New parcel ID #: 0200983.30-10.00-052.000
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 060386/2014 in the amount of $178,306.61 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System's COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff
500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072
L15320 – 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023 & 8/2/2023
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF SUFFOLKBROOKHAVEN MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC, Plaintiff -against- JOSEPH RIZZI AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY RIZZI; DANIEL RIZZI AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY RIZZI; ROSEMARIE RIZZI AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY RIZZI; MARY CUELLAR AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY RIZZI; UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF MARY RIZZI, etc..., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated May 16, 2023 and entered on May 19, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, located at 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on August 16, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as DSBL: 0200-952.00-02.00020.000
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 59 HAMILTON STREET, PATCHOGUE, NY
Approximate amount of lien
$296,399.47 plus interest & costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.
Index Number 609110/2019. ELYSE NICOLE GRASSO, ESQ., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556
{* SOUTH SHO4*}
L15321 – 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023 & 8/2/2023
Supreme Court County of Suffolk
Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Plaintiff
Estate of William Blair a/k/a
William C. Blair and William Blair a/k/a William C. Blair's unknown heirs, distributees, respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, et al, Defendant
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 27, 2020 and entered on March 10, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on August 9, 2023 at 10:00 AM premises known as 99 Park Street, Patchogue, NY 11772-3945. 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: 017.00, BLOCK: 06.00, LOT: 028.000, District 0204. Approximate amount of judgment is $453,086.04 plus
interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 010520/2011.
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.
Arthur E. Shulman, Referee
FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP
53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706
L15322 – 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023 & 8/2/2023
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. IRFAN CHAUDRI, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 23, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on August 16, 2023 at 10:30 a.m., premises known as 17 Francine Place, Shirley, NY 11967. 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 879.00, Block 02.00 and Lot 013.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $386,394.12 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 612168/2019. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale.
Glenn P. Warmuth, Esq., RefereeFriedman Vartolo LLP, 85
Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff
Firm File No.: 191681-1
L15323 – 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023 & 8/2/2023
INDEX NO. 208536/2022
Plaintiff designates SUFFOLK as the place of trial situs of the real property
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Mortgaged Premises: 81 MILLER AVENUE, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776
District: 0200, Section: 334.00, Block: 06.00, Lot: 060.000
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Plaintiff, vs.
MAUREEN H. PITTMAN, if living, and if she/he 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; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY TRAFFIC & PARKING VIOLATIONS AGENCY; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; JOANN C. MOORE AS "JOHN DOE #1"; "JANE DOE" AS "JOHN DOE #2"; "JOHN DOE" AS "JOHN DOE #3"; "JOHN DOE" AS "JOHN DOE #4",
"JOHN DOE #5" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last eight names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.
To the above named Defendants
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you.
THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $62,500.00 and interest, recorded on June 03, 2014, in Liber M00022494 at Page 967, of the Public Records of SUFFOLK County, New York., covering premises known as 81 MILLER AVENUE, PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY 11776. 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. SUFFOLK County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.
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 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: June 13, 2023
ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC
Attorney for Plaintiff
Matthew Rothstein, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675
L15324 – 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023 & 8/2/2023
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES
I, INC., MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2005-S7,
V.
MOHAMMAD KHALID, ET. AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 27, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES
I, INC., MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2005-S7 is the Plaintiff and MOHAMMAD KHALID, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on August 09, 2023 at 10:00AM, premises known as 37 RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, SHIRLEY, NY 11967: District 0200, Section 708.00, Block 02.00, Lot 041.002:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT YAPHANK, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 604333/2018. Erin McTiernan, 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.
L15330 – 7/12/2023,
7/19/2023, 7/26/2023, & 8/2/2023
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST 2006AR29, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES
2006-AR29, V.
CHESLEY RUFFIN A/K/A
CHELSEY RUFFIN A/K/A CHESLEY J. RUFFIN, ET. AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 21, 2020, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE
LOAN TRUST 2006AR29, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES
2006-AR29 is the Plaintiff and CHESLEY RUFFIN
A/K/A CHELSEY RUFFIN
A/K/A CHESLEY J. RUFFIN, 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 August 8, 2023 at 10:00AM, premises known as 12 CAROLINE STREET, MEDFORD, NY 11763: District 0200, Section 545.00, Block 02.00, Lot 045.000:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT WEST YAPHANK, TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of
filed Judgment Index # 612212/2017. Paul R. Feuer, 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.
L15331 – 7/12/2023, 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023, & 8/2/2023
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, TRUMAN CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. DOREEN HOFFMAN, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on February 6, 2018 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline and Other Relief duly entered on September 8, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on August 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 163 Roe Avenue, East Patchogue, NY 11772. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at East Patchogue, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 979.40, Block 11.00 and Lot 005.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $554,909.13 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #070274/2014. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale.
Brian T. Egan, Esq., Referee
Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 211656-1
L15343 – 7/19/2023,
7/26/2023, 8/2/2023 & 8/9/2023
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSRMF MH MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST
II, Plaintiff AGAINST
DORA W. CHAN, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 2, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on August 22, 2023 at 4:00PM, premises known as 20 WEST LAKE DRIVE, PATCHOGUE, NY 11772.
All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Patchogue, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0204, Section 012.00, Block 04.00, Lot 003.000. Approximate amount of judgment $469,615.02 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #610027/2018. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time.
Only Bank or Certified check payable to the Referee will be accepted for the downpayment. No third party check or cash will be accepted. Andrea Denicola, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 16-003669
L15345 – 7/19/2023, 7/26/2023, 8/2/2023 & 8/9/2023
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR ELLINGTON LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST
2007-2, MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2007-2, V.
ANTONIO TYRA A/K/A
ANTONIO R. TYRA, ET. AL.
NOTICE OF LEGAL POSTPONEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 13, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR ELLINGTON LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST
2007-2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2007-2 is the Plaintiff and ANTONIO TYRA A/K/A
ANTONIO R. TYRA, 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 August 24, 2023 at 9:30AM, premises known as 2 CURTIS COURT, MASTIC, NY 11950: District 0200, Section 822.00, Block 05.00, Lot 018.000:
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 AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 602429/2018. Patricia Blake, 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.
L15375 – 7/26/2023, 8/2/2023. 8/9/2023 &
8/16/2023
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, V.
LEWIS GONZALEZ; ET. AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 16, 2022, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION is the Plaintiff and LEWIS GONZALEZ; 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 August 29, 2023 at 10:30AM, premises known as 78 ARPAGE DRIVE EAST, SHIRLEY, NY 11967: District 0200, Section 978.80, Block 04.00, Lot 039.000:
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 # 607739/2019. Annette Eaderesto, 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.
L15381 – 7/26/2023, 8/2/2023, 8/9/2023 & 8/16/2023
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following Self Storage unit contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by StorQuest Self Storage 2021 Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma NY 11779 (631) 954-2026 to satisfy a lien on 8/16/2023 at approx. 12PM at www. storagetreasures.com: Natalie Cooke – 2096
L15388–8/2/2023
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on Behalf of Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2005-WMC6 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005WMC6, Plaintiff AGAINST
Eric Golden; et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 27, 2022 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on September 6, 2023 at 11:00AM, premises known as 46 Bernstein Blvd., Center Moriches, NY 11934. 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, State of New York, Section 829.00 Block 02.00 Lot 009.000. Approximate amount of judgment $711,319.28 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 007197/2008. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.
Barry J. Kushel, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff
175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792
Dated: June 12, 2023
L15390–8/2/2023,8/9/2023, 8/16/2023&8/23/2023
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Town Law, a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven, at Brookhaven Town Hall, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY, and streamed live over the internet at brookhavenny. gov/meeting on the 17th day of August, 2023 at 5:30 p.m., on the findings of Cashin, Spinelli, & Ferretti, LLC, that the building(s) or structure(s) located upon 8 Namkee Road, in the Hamlet of Blue Point, New York, SCTM# 0200-984.8001.00-042.000, represents a health and safety hazard and should be removed.
Dated: July 20, 2023
Farmingville, New York
KEVIN J. LaValle, TOWN CLERK TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
L15391–8/2/2023
INDEX NO. 605395/2023
Plaintiff designates SUFFOLK as the place of trial situs of the real property
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Mortgaged Premises: 31 SHANNON BOULEVARD, YAPHANK, NY 11980
District: 0200, Section: 549.00, Block: 01.00, Lot: 003.002
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC
Plaintiff, vs.
ROBERT R. BRAND, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF HERBERT BRAND; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF HERBERT BRAND, 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; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; RICHARD SACKETT; DEBBIE "DOE" (REFUSED LAST NAME); RICK "DOE" (REFUSED LAST NAME),
"JOHN DOE #4" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last nine names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.
To the above named Defendants
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will
result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $510,000.00 and interest, recorded on March 15, 2019, in Liber M00023011 at Page 873, of the Public Records of SUFFOLK County, New York., covering premises known as 31 SHANNON BOULEVARD, YAPHANK, NY 11980. 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.
SUFFOLK County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.
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 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 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: July 18, 2023
ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC
Attorney for Plaintiff
Matthew Rothstein, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675
L15392–8/2/2023,8/9/2023, 8/16/2023&8/23/2023
NOTICE OF FINAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT FOR LATINO/LATINA
PERSONS WHO USE THE ROADS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY AS A MOTORIST OR PEDESTRIAN
Plaintiffs #1-21, et al. v. County of Suffolk, et al., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Case No. 15-cv-02431-WFK-LB
TO: All Latino or Latina persons who, at any time after January 2012, have been or in the future will be subject to a vehicular or pedestrian stop or detention by an agent of the Suffolk County Police Department in the county of Suffolk (the “Class”).
You are a Class Member if:
1. You identify as a Latina or Latino person; and
2. You have been at any time after January 2012 or in the future will be subject to a vehicular or pedestrian stop or detention; and
3. The vehicular or pedestrian stop or detention is by an agent of the Suffolk County Police Department (the “SCPD”) in the County of Suffolk.
You do not need to live in Suffolk County to benefit under the Class Action Settlement Agreement.
You are hereby notified that on July 14, 2023 the Honorable William F. Kuntz of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved a settlement of the claims brought on your behalf in this lawsuit.
Background: This class action lawsuit involves
claims by Plaintiffs #1-20 as representatives of the Class of all similarly situated Latinos in Suffolk County who are, or will be, at risk of being subject to discriminatory and unconstitutional policing policies, patterns, and practices by the County of Suffolk (the “County”); Suffolk County Police Department (“SCPD”); Edward Webber; Milagros Soto (collectively, the “County Defendants”) in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, and the common law of the state of New York. Before the Court made a final determination in this lawsuit regarding whether the County Defendants’ conduct is lawful or unlawful, Plaintiffs and the County Defendants reached a Class Action Settlement Agreement. The Class Action Settlement Agreement provides for injunctive relief on behalf of the Class, which is memorialized in the Class Action Settlement Agreement described below. Class Members are represented by Milbank LLP and LatinoJustice PRLDEF (collectively, “Class Counsel”).
Description of the Class Action Settlement Agreement: Pursuant to the Class Action Settlement Agreement, the Plaintiffs and County Defendants have agreed to substantive terms modifying and supplementing SCPD policies, procedures and practices. The County Defendants have agreed to the following in the Class Action Settlement Agreement:
1. Precinct Level Advisory Boards: Through this agreement, SCPD will establish a Precinct Level Advisory Board (“PLAB”) for each SCPD precinct. The PLABs will focus on addressing community concerns, fostering new relationships between the SCPD and community leaders, expanding the community engagement reach within each precinct, and providing a clear line of communication between SCPD and the community.
Annually, the Commanding Officer will present up-todate data on the precinct’s traffic and pedestrian stop activity. These meetings will be in addition to the public community meetings that already occur.
2. Implicit Bias Training: SCPD will work with a qualified third-party provider to establish an Implicit Bias 2.0 Training, which will be an updated version of SCPD’s current implicit bias training program. The training will incorporate an analysis of SCPD’s traffic stop data which will be completed by an independent third party. All sworn officers will be required to complete the Implicit Bias 2.0 Training.
3. Traffic Stop Data and Analysis: County Defendants will create a Public Traffic and Pedestrian Stop Data Dashboard with quarterly publication of its raw data. The raw data sets will include, amongst other data, information related to: (i) where a stop occurred, (ii) the police action taken, and (iii) anonymized license plate data.
SCPD will engage an independent third party to review SCPD’s traffic and pedestrian stop data and publish a report on an annual basis. Additionally, SCPD’s precinct commanding officers, or their designees, will review traffic stop data quarterly to identify and address atypical patterns of traffic stops and/or enforcement activity.
SCPD will issue an annual public report that includes detailed information related to Internal Affairs Bureau (“IAB”) complaints, including: (i) the number of complaints by type of allegation; (ii) case disposition per investigation; (iii) bias policing allegations; (iv) bias policing dispositions; (v) bias policing allegations by race or ethnicity; (vi) bias policing allegations by race or ethnicity per year; (vii) bias policing allegations by precinct/race or ethnicity; and (viii) the time it takes to complete investigations.
4. Traffic and Pedestrian Stop Training: SCPD will ensure that its officers
receive the appropriate training related to the SCPD policies regarding:
(i) searches based solely on consent, (ii) permissible questions during traffic stops, (iii) search and seizure law and the four levels of suspicion; and (iv) adequate recording of necessary stop data, such as the primary reason for a stop. Moreover, officers will be instructed to provide only a warning when encountering a minor vehicle equipment violation, unless there are additional facts or circumstances justifying a ticket for the equipment violation offense. Furthermore, where no action is taken during a stop, officers will be instructed to provide a business card in both English and Spanish that includes their information and the IAB and the Human Rights Commission (“HRC”) contact information. The contact information for both the IAB and HRC will also be prominently displayed on the SCPD website.
5. Language Access: SCPD will implement additional procedures to improve language accessibility and ensure alignment with the goals and spirit of SCPD Policy 333. Specifically, SCPD will include links on its website to tools that translate webpages into Spanish. The Spanish version of the website will include links to Spanish versions of documents and forms. Moreover, SCPD will provide language assistance services in accordance with the procedures contained in SCPD Policy 333 and will make residents aware that such services are available to them free of charge. SCPD will post Language Access statistics on its website on a quarterly basis.
County Defendants will also hire a certified Spanish Speaking Police Operations Aide (referred to in the Reform Plan as “Community Policing Aids”) to provide language assistance at the front desk of the Third Precinct, other than for the overnight shift. Furthermore, County Defendants agree to use best efforts to recruit and hire certified Spanish Speaking Police Operations Aides for open positions, other than the overnight shift, for the front desks of the First,
Second, and Fifth Precincts.
6. Civilian Oversight Review Process: County Defendants will ensure the implementation by the HRC of a civilian oversight review process, which is responsible for the following: (i) providing an additional mechanism for in-person and online means by which the public may file complaints of officer misconduct; (ii) reviewing in tandem IAB investigations of police misconduct complaints being investigated by the IAB and over which the HRC has jurisdiction pursuant to its powers and duties under Suffolk County Code Section 119-3; (iii) accessing the Department’s shared data portal to monitor the status of open complaints; and (iv) offering recommendations on additional steps to be taken by the IAB as part of a particular police misconduct investigation. The HRC will issue an annual report summarizing its review activities, observations and recommendations.
7. Body-Worn Camera Policy: SCPD will comply with its Body-Worn Camera Policy 422 and Body-Worn Camera Procedure 422, and will deploy the use of bodyworn cameras as standard police worn equipment for all authorized officers who regularly engage with the public in the course of their professional duties.
8. U-Visa Matters: The Commanding Officer of SCPD’s Hate Crimes Bureau (or his/her designee) will be designated as the contact person for all U-Visa matters, using appropriate language access resources, conducting outreach to crime victims, providing information regarding U-Visas, and responding to inquiries.
For Further Information:
The above description is only a summary of the Class Action Settlement Agreement. You should read the entire Class Action Settlement Agreement to understand it fully. Copies of the Class Action Settlement Agreement may be obtained: (1) from Class Counsels’ website https:// www.milbank.com/en/ plaintiffs1-21.html; (2) by contacting Class Counsel
at info@latinojustice.org or 212-219-3360; (3) by accessing the Court docket in this case, for a fee, at https:// ecf.nyed.uscourts.gov; or (4) by visiting the Clerk of Court for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, business days from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
L15393–8/2/2023
Nos. 750, 753, 756, 759, 762, 765, 768, 771, 774, 777, 781, 785, 789, 793, 797, 801, 805, 809, 813, 817, 822, 827, 832, 837, 842, 847, 852, 857, 862, 867, 872 and 877 UNDER § 24 OF ARTICLE 2-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
Local Emergency Order: Extending the date for the submission of the County’s Multi-Year Financial Plan
I, Steven Bellone, the Chief Executive of Suffolk County, in accordance with a Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued on September 11, 2022, and continued on October 11, 2022, November 10, 2022, December 10, 2022, January 9, 2023, February 8, 2023, March 10, 2023, April 9, 2023, May 9, 2023, June 8, 2023 and July 8, 2023 pursuant to Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law and my power thereunder to suspend any local laws, ordinances, or regulations, do hereby:
Order, that due to the continuing threat to the public health, safety and welfare of Suffolk County residents and visitors posed by the cybersecurity event and the resultant unprecedented and evolving diversion of County resources to address emergency measures, the date for the submission and adoption of the County’s Multi-year financial plan is suspended as follows:
Section A4-1 (B) of the Suffolk County Administrative Code requiring submission of a four-year financial plan no later than 60 days after the adoption of the County expense budget shall be extended until 60 days
following the cessation of the declared State of Emergency in Suffolk County; and
All associated actions required by section A4-1 of the Suffolk County Administrative Code shall be extended accordingly; and further
Order, that all Suffolk County Departments, Agencies, and Divisions or other duly authorized law enforcement agencies take whatever steps are necessary to assist in performing such emergency measures as deemed necessary; and further order that
This order shall cease to be in effect five (5) days after promulgation or upon declaration by the County Executive that the state of emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs sooner. The County Executive nevertheless, may extend such orders for additional periods not to exceed five (5) days each during the pendency of the local state of emergency. Failure to obey this order is a criminal offense, punishable by law under New York State Executive Law § 24 (5).
Date: July 24, 2023
Hauppauge, New York.
Steven Bellone County Executive
L15394–8/2/2023
LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER No. 883, EXTENDING LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER
Nos. 682, 688, 694, 701, 708, 715, 722, 729, 736, 739, 742, 745, 748, 751, 754, 757, 760, 763, 766, 769, 772, 775, 778, 782, 786, 790, 794, 798, 802, 806, 810, 814, 818, 823, 828, 833, 838, 843, 848, 853, 858, 863, 868, 873 and 878
UNDER § 24 OF ARTICLE 2-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
Local Emergency Order:
Ordering the temporary reassignment of certain information technology employees in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office
I, Steven Bellone, the Chief Executive of Suffolk County, in accordance with a Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued
on September 11, 2022, and continued on October 11, 2022, November 10, 2022, December 10, 2022, January 9, 2023, February 8, 2023, March 10, 2023, April 9, 2023, May 9, 2023, June 8, 2023 and July 8, 2023 pursuant to Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law and the authority granted to County Executives under Section 25 of the New York State Executive Law to use any and all facilities, equipment, supplies, personnel and other resources of the County in such manner as may be necessary or appropriate to cope with the local emergency, do hereby:
Order, that the local emergency caused by the recent cyberattack can be addressed more efficiently and effectively through the temporary reassignment of all information technology employees in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office to the Department of Information Technology, so as to enable the County to have a cohesive and unified cybersecurity incident response under the leadership of one team. This team is led by the unified command of the Chief Deputy County Executive, the Department of Information Technology (DOIT) Commissioner, the Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services (FRES) Commissioner, and the Police Department Commissioner, who are directly coordinating with the County’s incident response vendor Palo Alto Unit 42 and restoration and recovery vendor Fenix 24.
This order shall cease to be in effect five (5) days after promulgation or upon declaration by the County Executive that the state of emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs sooner. The County Executive, nevertheless, may extend such orders for additional periods not to exceed five (5) days each during the pendency of the local state of emergency. Failure to obey this order is a criminal offense, punishable by law under New York State Executive Law § 24(5).
Date: July 24, 2023
Hauppauge, New York.
Steven Bellone
L15395–8/2/2023
LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER No. 884, EXTENDING LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER
Nos. 647, 651, 655, 658, 662, 667, 672, 677, 683, 689, 695, 702, 709, 716, 723, 730, 737, 743, 746, 749, 752, 755, 758, 761, 764, 767, 770, 773, 776, 779, 783, 787, 791, 795, 799, 803, 807, 811, 815, 819, 824, 829, 834, 839, 844, 849, 854, 859, 864, 869, 874 and 879 UNDER § 24 OF ARTICLE 2-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
Local Emergency Order: Ordering the suspension of local procurement laws, rules and regulations
I, Steven Bellone, the Chief Executive of Suffolk County, in accordance with a Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued on September 11, 2022, and continued on October 11, 2022, November 10, 2022, December 10, 2022, January 9, 2023, and February 8, 2023, March 10, 2023, April 9, 2023, May 9, 2023, June 8, 2023 and July 8, 2023 pursuant to Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law and my power thereunder to suspend any local laws, ordinances, or regulations, do hereby:
Order, that due to the continuing threat to the public health, safety and welfare of Suffolk County residents and visitors posed by the cyber-security event and the need to suspend certain technology in order to determine the extent of the cyber-security threat, and in accordance with §103 (4) of the NY General Municipal Law, Local Emergency Order Nos. 647, 651, 655, 658, 662, 667, 672, 677, 683, 689, 695, 702, 709, 716, 723, 730, 737, 743, 746, 749, 752, 755, 758, 761, 764, 767, 770, 773, 776, 779, 783, 787, 791, 795, 799, 803, 807, 811, 815, 819, 824, 829, 834, 839, 844, 849, 854, 859, 864, 869, 874 and 879 are extended and the following procurementrelated laws, regulations and rules are suspended as I deem necessary to expedite procurement of anything related to resolving the cyber-security event
and procurement that is otherwise dependent on County technology and cannot be postponed until the event is resolved:
Suffolk County Code:
• Chapters 1065 and 189
• Article IV sections A 4-13 and 14
• Article V section A5-1
Charter sections C5-2 (C) and (L)
• Section A5-8, Chap. 575, Chap. 803, Chap. 353 and Local Law 41-2013 to the extent that they require execution of documentation of compliance
• All related procurement laws, rules, and regulations required to comply with this Order; and further
Order that the County Executive or his designees shall continue to have the authority to enter into any contract deemed necessary to address the threat posed by the cyber-security event.
Order, that all Suffolk County Departments, Agencies, and Divisions or other duly authorized law enforcement agencies take whatever steps are necessary to assist in performing such emergency measures as deemed necessary.
This order shall cease to be in effect five (5) days after promulgation or upon declaration by the County Executive that the state of emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs sooner. The County Executive nevertheless, may extend such orders for additional periods not to exceed five (5) days each during the pendency of the local state of emergency. Failure to obey this order is a criminal offense, punishable by law under New York State Executive Law § 24(5).
Date: July 24, 2023
Hauppauge
Steven Bellone County Executive
L15396–8/2/2023
LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER No. 885, EXTENDING LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER
No. 820, 825, 830, 835, 840, 845, 850, 855, 860, 865, 870, 875 and 880 UNDER § 24 OF ARTICLE 2-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
Local Emergency Order:
Extending the date for public hearing and adoption of the County’s Proposed Capital Program
I, Steven Bellone, the Chief Executive of Suffolk County, in accordance with a Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued on September 11, 2022 and continued on October 11, 2022, November 10, 2022, December 10, 2022, January 9, 2023, February 8, 2023, March 10, 2023, April 9, 2023, May 9, 2023, June 8, 2023 and July 8, 2023 pursuant to Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law and my power thereunder to suspend any local laws, ordinances, or regulations, do hereby:
Order, as the proposed capital budget was filed on May 23, 2023, in accordance with Local Emergency Order No. 816 suspending Section C4-16 of the Suffolk County Charter requiring submission of a proposed capital program and related documents to the County Legislature on or before the 15th day of April until the 23rd day of May, 2023; and due to the continuing threat to the public health, safety and welfare of Suffolk County residents and visitors posed by the cyber-security event and the resultant unprecedented and evolving diversion of County resource to address emergency measures, and the inability to timely access certain data, the date(s) for public hearing and adoption of the County’s Proposed Capital Program is suspended as follows:
Section C4-19 of the County Charter regarding adoption of the Capital Program not less than two weeks after the public hearing required by § C4-18 and not later than the 30th day of June is hereby suspended and such hearing shall take place no later than the 31st day of July 2023; and further
Order, that all Suffolk County Departments, Agencies, and Divisions or other duly authorized law enforcement agencies take whatever steps are necessary to assist in performing such emergency measures
as deemed necessary; and further order that
This order shall cease to be in effect five (5) days after promulgation or upon declaration by the County Executive that the state of emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs sooner. The County Executive nevertheless, may extend such orders for additional periods not to exceed five (5) days each during the pendency of the local state of emergency. Failure to obey this order is a criminal offense, punishable by law under New York State Executive Law § 24 (5).
Date: July 24, 2023 Hauppauge, New York.
Steven Bellone County Executive
L15397–8/2/2023
LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER No. 886, EXTENDING LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER
Nos. 821, 826, 831, 836, 841, 846, 851, 856, 861, 866, 871, 876 and 881 UNDER § 24 OF ARTICLE 2-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
Local Emergency Order: Allowing the County to quickly respond to the potential arrival of asylum seekers
I, Steven Bellone, Suffolk County Executive, in accordance with a Proclamation of a Local State of Emergency issued on May 26, 2023 and June 25, 2023 do hereby find and order as follows:
Whereas, on August 2, 2021 the Federal Government issued an Order pursuant to 42 U.S.C. secs. 362 and 365 (the “Title 42 Order”) prohibiting migration into the United States by “covered noncitizens” traveling from Canada or Mexico; and
Whereas, the Title 42 Order expired on May 11, 2023 and upon its expiration, an anticipated surge of migration into the United States commenced resulting with the imminent arrival of individuals into New York State at an increased rate; and
Whereas, the State of New
York has moved forward to tackle the housing crisis in a coordinated fashion by identifying suitable state and federal locations to provide temporary shelter; and
Whereas, the State of New York has communicated that financial resources shall be provided to cover expenses relating to services and costs associated with the relocation and housing of said asylum seekers; and Whereas, Suffolk County recognizes that the United States of America is a nation of immigrants and that our immigrant communities today contribute significantly to our vibrancy and prosperity.
Now, therefore, I, Steven Bellone, Suffolk County Executive by the power vested in me by the Suffolk County Charter and the Laws of the State of New York and pursuant to Section 24 of Article 2-B of the New York State Executive Law, do hereby temporarily suspend or modify any statute, local law, resolution, order, rule or regulation or parts thereof, if compliance with such statute, local law, resolution, order, rule or regulation would prevent, hinder or delay action necessary to assist, aid or cope with the aforementioned State of Emergency, and I hereby order the following:
A. The formation of an intergovernmental team (the “intergovernmental team”) that includes the Chief Deputy County Executive, which shall coordinate with the State of New York in relation to activities pursued by the State of New York involving the subject migrant population. The intergovernmental team will also communicate and coordinate with local notfor-profit organizations regarding resources that are available to assist in meeting the challenges faced by those impacted by this ongoing situation.
B. All County Departments are authorized to continue to communicate and work with the State of New York in conjunction and coordination with the County’s intergovernmental team regarding the temporary housing of
individuals who are documented and legally released into the United States and are on the path to become eligible to enter the workforce; provided that:
a. A “Lead Agency” or “Agent” has been designated by the Governor of the State of New York; and
b. The Lead Agency or Agent has expressed specific and quantifiable resources available to provide for the temporary housing of asylum seekers; and
c. The State of New York authorizes and releases the necessary financial resources for all costs associated with relocation and temporary housing of asylum seekers; and
C. No hotel, motel, owner of a multiple dwelling, or shelter in Suffolk County is permitted to contract or otherwise engage in business with any other municipality (an “external municipality”) without the permission or coordination of the County of Suffolk and/or the State of New York for the purpose of providing housing or accommodations for asylum seekers. This prohibition extends to any person or entity participating in an external municipality’s government program, or a contract or service funded by an external municipality or acting on behalf of any external municipality.
D. In order to effectuate Suffolk County’s role in this emergency, all procurement policies for the purchase of equipment, supplies or contracts, relating to this emergency, are suspended, specifically: Suffolk County Code Chapters 1065 and 189; Article IV sections A 4-13 and 14; Article V section A5-1; Charter section C5-2 (C) and (L); and Section A5-8, Chap. 575, Chap. 803, Chap. 353 and Local Law 41-2013 to the extent that they require execution of documentation of compliance; and all related procurement laws, rules, and regulations required to comply with this Emergency Order.
E. Regardless of any other remedy or relief brought by the County for any violation, the County
Executive is authorized to direct the County Attorney to commence actions or proceedings in the name of the County, in a court of competent jurisdiction, to abate any violation or, or to enforce any provision of this Emergency Order.
F. Remedies Not Exclusive.
a. No remedy or penalty specified in this Emergency Order shall be the exclusive remedy or remedy available to address any violation described in this Executive Order.
b. Each remedy or penalty specified in the Emergency Order shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for or limitation of, the other remedies or penalties specified in this Emergency Order or in any other applicable law.
c. Any remedy or penalty specified in this section may be pursued at any time, whether prior to, simultaneously with, or after the pursuit of any other remedy or penalty specified in the Emergency Order or in any other applicable law.
d. In particular, but not by way of limitation, each remedy and penalty specified in this section shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for or limitation of, the penalties specified in New York Executive Law Section 24, and any remedy or penalty specified in this section may be pursued at any time, whether prior to, simultaneously with, or after the pursuit of any penalty specified in New York Executive Law Section 24.
G. Effective Date This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
And I further order, that all Suffolk County Departments, Agencies, and Divisions or other duly authorized law enforcement agencies take whatever steps are necessary to assist in performing such emergency measures as deemed necessary; and further order that
This order shall cease to be in effect five (5) days after promulgation or upon declaration by the County
Executive that the state of emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs sooner.
The County Executive nevertheless, may extend such orders for additional periods not to exceed five (5) days each during the pendency of the local state of emergency. Failure to obey this order is a criminal offense, punishable by law under New York State Executive Law § 24(5).
Date: July 24, 2023
Hauppauge, New York.
Steven Bellone County Executive
L15398–8/2/2023
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK PROCLAMATION 2023-10
PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY UNDER SECTION 24 OF ARTICLE 2-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
A State of Emergency is hereby proclaimed in Suffolk County, New York for a period of time beginning at 5:00 p.m. on July 25, 2023 and continuing in effect for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days as required by Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law.
This State of Emergency has been declared as a result of the expiration on May 11, 2023 of 42 U.S.C. secs. 362 and 365 (the “Title 42 Order”), which prohibited the migration into the United States by “covered noncitizens” traveling from Canada or Mexico, resulting in a surge of migration into the United States and into New York State. As a consequence of such, some states have dispersed and delivered asylum seekers to various states throughout the country and, subsequently some municipalities have dispersed and delivered asylum seekers to various counties within New York State. Accordingly, the anticipated uncoordinated moving of people into the County of Suffolk will result in a severe housing crisis as a result of the limited number of temporary and permanent housing available in the County.
As the Executive of Suffolk County, I, Steven Bellone
exercise the authority given me under Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law, to preserve the public safety and hereby render all required and available assistance vital to the wellbeing and health of Suffolk County.
I hereby direct all departments and agencies of Suffolk County to take whatever steps necessary to provide emergency assistance as deemed appropriate.
Signed: Steven Bellone, County Executive Dated: July 25, 2023
L15399–8/2/2023
Notice is hereby given that a Summer on-premise full liquor restaurant license, Serial #1366806 has been applied for by MGHE LLC to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in an on premises restaurant. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 40200 Main Road Orient NY 11957.
L15401 – 8/2/2023 & 8/9/2023
AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN CHAPTER 85, ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING: PUBLIC STORAGE CORAM FOR A CHANGE OF ZONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED IN CORAM, NY ADOPTED BY THE BROOKHAVEN TOWN BOARD – MEETING: AUGUST 11, 2022
Resolution of Adoption –Granting the Application of Public Storage-Coram for a Change of Zone from J Business 2 to J Business 5 for Proposed Mini-Storage Facility on Property Located on Middle Country Road in Coram, New York
WHEREAS, on August 11, 2022, a duly advertised public hearing was held to consider the application of Public Storage-Coram for a change of zone from J Business 2 to J Business 5 for proposed mini-storage facility on a parcel of property located on the south side of Middle Country Road, west of Mooney Pond Road in Coram, New York, further identified by Suffolk County
Tax Map Numbers 020047500-0200-001004 and 009011; and WHEREAS, after due consideration and deliberation; BE IT
HEREBY RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven that the above application for a change of zone from J Business 2 to J Business 5 for proposed mini-storage facility is hereby approved subject to the following:
Conditions 1. The applicant must submit proof, to the satisfaction of the Town Attorney’s Office, that the covenants and restrictions, approved as to form and substance, referenced below, have been filed with the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office. 2. The submission of 50% of the land use intensification mitigation fee in the amount of $24,333.75 shall be submitted prior to effectuating the zoning per Town Code Section 85-82.F. The check shall be made payable to the Joseph Macchia Environmental Preservation Capital Reserve Fund.
Covenants 1. Submission of the outstanding balance of the land use intensification mitigation fee in the amount of $24,333.75 shall be a condition of final site plan approval per Town Code Section 85-82.F. The check shall be made payable to the Joseph Macchia Environmental Preservation Capital Reserve Fund. 2. Development shall be limited to mini-storage warehouse use and a maximum building height of three (3) stories.
3. A twenty-five foot (25’) natural and undisturbed buffer shall be provided along the two-hundred foot (200’) rear yard of Suffolk County Tax Map number 0200-47500-0200-009011.
RESOLVED that the Town Board, as Lead Agency, has determined that pursuant to 6 New York Codes, Rules and Regulations Part 617.5(c) (26) and (33), the proposed action is deemed to be an Unlisted Action for which a Negative Declaration has been issued.
DATED: JULY 26, 2023
AT: FARMINGVILLE, NEW YORK STATE OF NEW YORK) COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
I, KEVIN J. LAVALLE, Town Clerk of Brookhaven, State of New York, do hereby certify that the annexed foregoing is a true copy of the amendments
and changes to the Code of the Town of Brookhaven Chapter 85 Article VII which amendment and change was duly adopted by a motion of the Town Board on the 11TH day of August 2022 as herein above set forth as the same appears in the minutes of said meeting on file in my Office. IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the seal of the said Town the 26th day of July 2023.
KEVIN J. LAVALLE TOWN CLERK TOWN OF BROOKHAVENL15402–8/2/2023
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 64 of Town Law, a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven at the Town Board Auditorium located at One Independence Hill, Second Floor, Farmingville, New York, and which will be streamed live over the internet at brookhavenny.gov/meeting, on August 17, 2023, at 5:30 P.M., to consider granting a Franchise Agreement to Stadiyum Corp., for the use of Town property, at the concession at the Selden Athletic Complex, Selden, New York, for a period of three (3) years, at a yearly fee of $36,500.00 plus $500.00 annual utility fee for 2023 season; $36,500.00 plus $500.00 annual utility fee for 2024 season; $36,500.00 plus $500.00 annual utility fee for 2025 season; in addition to capital improvements as proposed and approved by the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, Sports and Cultural Resources; and with an option to renew for seven (7) additional one (1) year periods, at the Town’s sole option, and upon such agreed upon terms and conditions, with additional yearly increases, and in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
A more detailed description of the proposed Franchise Agreement shall be made available at the Town Clerk's Office for inspection during regular Town business hours.
At said public hearing, any persons interested shall be given the opportunity to be
heard. KEVIN J. LAVALLE, TOWN CLERK TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
Dated: July 20, 2023 Farmingville, New York
L15403–8/2/2023
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
SUPPLEMENTAL
SUMMONS
Index No. 205610/2022
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 200519CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-19CB, Plaintiff,
v.
GARY LEWIS AKA GARY
G. LEWIS, LINDA LEWIS AKA LINDA A. LEWIS AKA LINDA A. SCHOOK, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES, DELROY NEMBHARD, CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY TRAFFIC & PARKING VIOLATIONS AGENCY, JOHN DOE
Defendants.
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 attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, 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.
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.
This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of Honorable Christopher Modelewski, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 21st day of July, 2023 at Riverhead, New York.
The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: SBL: 0200-966.00-06.00022.000
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the lying and being at Shirley, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and designated as Plot No. 222, as shown on a certain map entitled, "Map of Shirley, Long Island, Unit N", and filed in the Suffolk County Clerk`s Office on 11/28/55 as Map No. 2485, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of Lama Drive, distant 145 feet westerly from the extreme westerly and of an arc of a curve having a radius of 30 feet, a distance of 47.12 feet, said curve connecting the northerly side of Lama Drive with the westerly side of Alder Lane;
RUNNING THENCE along the northerly side of Lama Drive, North 87 degrees 57 minutes 40 seconds West, 75.00 feet;
THENCE North 2 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds East 120.00 feet;
THENCE South 87 degrees
57 minutes 40 seconds East 75.00 feet;
THENCE South 2 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds West 120 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. The improvements thereon being known as 21 Lama Drive, Shirley, New York11967.
Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record.
These premises are also known as 21 Lama Drive, Shirley, NY 11967.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604
L15404–8/2/2023,8/9/2023, 8/16/2023&8/23/2023
INDEX NO. 612691/2018
Plaintiff designates SUFFOLK as the place of trial situs of the real property
Mortgaged Premises: 8 NEW ROAD, LAKE RONKONKOMA A/K/A RONKONKOMA, NY 11779
District: 0200, Section: 620.00, Block: 02.00, Lot: 019.000
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT J. BAGLIORE, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF TERESA BAGLIORE; CHRISTOPHER J. BAGLIORE, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF TERESA BAGLIORE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES TO THE ESTATE OF TERESA
BAGLIORE, 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; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow,
husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
"JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.
To the above named Defendants
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you.
THE OBJECT of the
above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $262,032.00 and interest, recorded on March 26, 2007, in Liber M00021502 at Page 298, of the Public Records of SUFFOLK County, New York., covering premises known as 8 NEW ROAD, LAKE RONKONKOMA A/K/A RONKONKOMA, NY 11779.
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.
SUFFOLK County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.
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 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 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: July 18, 2023
ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC
Attorney for Plaintiff
Matthew Rothstein, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590
516-280-7675
L15405–8/2/2023,8/9/2023, 8/16/2023&8/23/2023
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT & HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board at Brookhaven Town Office Complex, Town Auditorium, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York and streamed live over the internet at Brookhavenny. gov/meeting on 08/17/2023 at 5:30 pm, to consider enacting the following proposed amendments to the Uniform Code of Traffic Ordinances of the Town of Brookhaven.
Article VIII Section 33 entitled PARKING
PROHIBITED IN DESIGNATED AREAS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of EAST SETAUKET
DYKE RD NO PARKING
ANY TIME BEGIN NORTH RD CONT N +/- 855' /E
DYKE RD NO PARKING
ANY TIME BEGIN +/- 883’
W/O GUN PATH CONT
SOUTH +/- 830' /W
Article VII Section 26 entitled STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of HOLTSVILLE
7TH AVE RIDGEWOOD
AVE STOP S / 7TH AVE
Article VIII Section 33 entitled PARKING PROHIBITED IN DESIGNATED AREAS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of MEDFORD
FERRICK AVE NO
PARKING DURING
TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG +/- 330' S/O GREENPORT
AVE CONT S +/- 165' /E
FERRICK AVE NO
PARKING DURING
TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG
GREENPORT AVE CONT S +/- 168' /E
Article VIII Section 34 entitled RESTRICTED PARKING is hereby amended by DELETION of the following in the hamlet of MEDFORD
FERRICK AVE NO
PARKING DURING
TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG
GREENPORT AVE CONT S +/- 447' /E
Article VIII Section 34 entitled RESTRICTED PARKING is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of MILLER PLACE
PANTHER PATH NO
PARKING DURING
TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY BEG +/- 150’ S/O SR25A CONT S +/- 120' /E
Article VIII Section 33 entitled PARKING PROHIBITED IN DESIGNATED AREAS is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of STONY BROOK
OXHEAD RD NO
PARKING ANY TIME
BEGIN +/- 360' E/O BARNWELL LN CONT E +/- 120' /S
Article VIII Section 34 entitled RESTRICTED PARKING is hereby amended by ADDITION of the following in the hamlet of STONY BROOK
ASPEN LN NO PARKING
DURING TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY
BEG ACORN LN CONT S +/- 570' /W
Article VIII Section 34 entitled RESTRICTED PARKING is hereby amended by DELETION of the following in the hamlet of STONY BROOK
ASPEN LN NO PARKING
DURING TIMES PER DIR OF TRAFFIC SAFETY
BEG ACORN LN CONT S +/- 430' /W
MILLS RD NO PARKING ANY TIME BEG CATALPA LN CONT E +/- 105' /S
At said public hearing, any persons interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard.
DATE: 7/20/2023
Farmingville, NY
Kevin J. LaValle, Town Clerk
Town of Brookhaven
L15406–8/2/2023
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
LOCAL LAW NO. 6 OF THE YEAR 2023
To Consider Enacting an Introductory Local Law to Amend Chapter 65 Entitled "Taxation", Article VIII Entitled "Volunteer Firefighters and Ambulance Workers Exemption", Sections 6527 and 65-28 of the Town Code of the Town of
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
THAT THE Brookhaven Town Board adopted Local Law No. 6 of the year 2023
To Consider Enacting an Introductory Local Law to Amend Chapter 65 Entitled "Taxation", Article VIII Entitled "Volunteer Firefighters and Ambulance Workers Exemption", Sections 65-27 and 65-28 of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven in accordance with the Municipal Home Rule Law and SEQRA (Type II). It is the intent of this amendment to Chapter 65 of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven entitled "Taxation" to repeal the current Sections 65-27 and 65-28 under Article VIII entitled "Volunteer Firefighters and Ambulance Workers Exemption" which established a five (5) year minimum service requirement in order to comply with the previous New York Real Property Tax Law Section 466-c. The new Real Property Tax Law Section 466-a, effectuated on December 9, 2022, requires taxing jurisdictions to re-establish and maintain the five (5) year service requirement. This local law takes effect immediately, having been filed with the Secretary of State on 06/26/2023.
Dated:July 28, 2023
Farmingville, New York
Kevin J. LaValle, Town Clerk Town of Brookhaven
L15407–8/2/2023
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Suffolk County Legislature has passed Introductory Resolution No. 1525-2023, “A Local Law to Authorize Conveyance of Property Previously Taken for Delinquent Taxes (226 36th Street, Lindenhurst, S.C.T.M. No. 0103-001.0005.00-140.000),” which law authorizes the Director of the Suffolk County Division of Real Property Acquisition and Management to execute and deliver quitclaim deed to Barbara O’Neill for properties located at 226 36th Street, Lindenhurst, New York, Suffolk County Tax Map No. 0103-001.0005.00-140.000 upon receipt
of all unpaid taxes, interest, penalties, and charges due and owing to the County of Suffolk.
The County Executive will hold a public hearing at 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, on August 8th, 2023 with public participation available in person in Media Room 182, in the H. Lee Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, New York 11788, at which time all interested persons will be heard.
STEVEN BELLONE Suffolk County Executive
DATED: Hauppauge, New York
L15408–8/2/2023
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, AUGUST 9, 2023 (2ND FLOOR AUDITORIUM) COMMENCING AT 2:00 P.M. (THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED OVER THE INTERNET AT http:// brookhaventownny.igm2. com/Citizens/Default. aspx, TO CONSIDER THE MATTERS LISTED BELOW and 2. A WORKSESSION ON AUGUST 9, 2023, (PUBLIC DINING AREA 2ND FLOOR) COMMENCING AT THE END OF THE CALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR, TO DISCUSS THE DECISION CALENDAR
8. Chandler Property, Inc., c/o Davis & Prager, P.C., 175 Oak St., Patchogue, NY. Location: South side Neighborhood Rd., 233.93'
West of Brushwood Dr., Mastic Beach. Applicant requests lot area, lot frontage, front yard setback, rear yard, miminum and total side yard variances for proposed one family dwelling on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 98040 1100 013000)
9. Robert Christopher II & LoriAnn Christopher (Collura), 55 Cheryl Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, NY. Location: East side Cheryl Dr., 341.40' West of Gail Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma. Applicant requests side yard variance for existing shed; rear yard & side yard variances for proposed inground swimming pool; also, permission for said pool to be located less than the required 25 ft. from overhead wires (13'). (0200 72500 0300 006000)
10. Tara Rossy, c/o Andrew Malguarnera, 713 Main St., Port Jefferson, NY. Location: East side of Smith Road 535' South of Musket Dr., Shirley. Applicant requests rear yard variance for proposed 2 story residence addition. (0200 96600 0100 006000)
13. Chandler Property, Inc., c/o Davis & Prager P.C., 175 Oak St., Patchogue, NY. Location: South side Brushwood Dr., 513.54' West of Neighborhood Rd., Mastic Beach. Applicant requests lot area, lot frontage, front yard setback, rear yard, minimum and total side yard variances for proposed one family dwelling on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 98040 1100 033000)
14. Kevin and Erin Brussee, 14 Evans Ln., Miller Place, NY. Location: South side of Evans Ln. 306' East of Pardam Knoll Rd. (not open), Miller Place. Applicant requests rear yard variance for proposed one story residence addition. (0200 09600 0600 006001)
20. MD Momin, 48 Bay Ave., Ronkonkoma, NY. Location: West side Bay Ave., 120' South of Ninth St., Ronkonkoma. Applicant requests rear yard & side yard variances for existing 2nd story deck with platforms and steps; also, permission for existing conversion of attached garage to habitable space on a 40 ft. lot. (0200 76100 0200 073000)
21. Jack Fingerhut, c/o Christine Nicholl, 18 Railroad Ave., Center Moriches, NY. Location: East side Smith St., 598.96' North of Bay Ave., East Moriches. Applicant requests height variance for proposed 18' high - 900 sq. ft. detached garage (14' high - 600 sq. ft. permitted); also, height variance for existing 7' high mesh fence (6' high permitted). (0200 94600 0300 009000)
22. Michael and Rebecca Oldrey, c/o Woodhull Expediting, 800 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Ste. CL-101, Hauppauge, NY. Location: Southwest corner of Chestnut Pl. and Beaver Dr., Mastic Beach. Applicant requests front yard setback variance from Beaver Dr. for existing 7' x 10' roof over with 6' x 8' deck with steps; also, front yard setback variances from both streets for existing conversion of porch to
habitable space. (0200 98060 1600 016000)
23. Vincent R. Cipully, 315 Revilo Ave., Shirley, NY. Location: West side of Revilo Ave. 300' South of Norwood Dr., Shirley (E. Yaphank). Applicant requests side yard variances for existing 2nd story deck with steps to grade and for existing shed; also, permission for existing conversion of garage to habitable space on a 50 ft. lot. (0200 70800 0400 028000)
25. Daphne and William Kornrich, c/o Specht-Tacular Pools, 265 Brookfield Ave., Center Moriches, NY. Location: Southwest corner of Carlisle Rd. and View Dr., Miller Place. Applicant requests side yard and rear yard variances for proposed inground swimming pool. (0200 04900 0200 011000)
CASES WILL BE HEARD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD.
L15409–8/2/2023
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed Bids will be received, publicly opened and read aloud at 11:00 a.m. in the Town Hall Lobby of the Town of Brookhaven, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, for the following item(s) on the dates indicated:
Bid #23076 – Removal & Lawful Disposal of Whole Rubber Tires from Various Town Facilities, Rebid--August 9, 2023
Specifications for the abovereferenced bids will be available beginning August 3, 2023.
Preferred Method
• Access website: Municipal Market | Brookhaven, NY (brookhavenny.gov): click
on link for Bids.
• Follow directions to register and download document.
• Questions must be submitted in writing to the following e-mail: PurchasingGroup@ brookhavenny.gov
The Town of Brookhaven reserves the right to reject and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town. The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minorities and women-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate in the bidding process.
Further information can be obtained by calling (631) 451-6252
Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer Deputy Commissioner TOWN OF BROOKHAVENL15410–8/2/2023
The Board of Education of Longwood Central School District invites the submission of sealed bids for:
Bids will be received until: 12:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2023 at the Longwood Central School District, Central Administrative Building, Purchasing Department, 35 Yaphank Middle Island Road, Middle Island, NY 11953-2369 at which time and place all bids will be publicly read consecutively in numerical order as listed above. All bids must be submitted to the Purchasing Department on or before the date and time of opening in sealed envelopes, bearing on the outside the name and address of the bidder and
the title of the bid. Any bids received after the time and date specified will not be considered.
Specifications and bid forms may be obtained from the district’s website www.longwood.k12.ny.us/ departments/businessoffice/bids, Empire State Purchasing Group’s website www.bidnetdirect.com, or at the above office, weekdays, between 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Bid prices will be irrevocable for a minimum period of forty-five (45) days from the date of the bid opening. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or to award contracts which, in its judgment, are best for the school district.
LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Dated: August 2, 2023
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