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Outraged residents unite against LIPA tax suit BY DONNA DEEDY DONNA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
More than 500 residents joined forces in the Northport High School auditorium March 16 to challenge the Long Island Power Authority. The quasi-governmental agency is seeking through the courts a 90 percent reduction in the approximately $82 million in annual property taxes it pays to the Town of Huntington for the Northport power plant. A number of Northport residents were galvanized to take action. Paul Darrigo, a local commercial banker with Capital One, launched a new Facebook page, Concerned Taxpayers Against LIPA. “We now have 1,200 members and are still growing at a rate of 15 members per hour,” Darrigo said. LIPA states in its report, “2019 Fair Property Taxes for Electric Customers,” that New York charges more of the cost of government on utilities than other states. As a result, the notfor-profit entity alleges that it’s overassessed for its aging assets. “The plant’s units were built in 1967 and 1976 and its technology is outdated,” LIPA spokesman Sid Nathan said. The plant operates at 12 percent capacity today compared to 54 percent capacity in 1999, a 78 percent decline. The tax reductions LIPA seeks will reportedly be used to reduce customers’ electric bills. Gordian Raacke, executive director of nonprofit advocacy group Renewable Energy Long Island, stated by email that he agreed. “All LIPA customers pay more than would be the case if the properties were assessed at fair value,” he said. But many Town of Huntington residents aren’t buying into what they call more empty promises. If LIPA’s case is successful, as the agency has been in previous cases, critics say it could inflict a major economic blow to the community. Northport schools would annually loose an estimated $49 million out of some $54 million it receives from LIPA, according to district’s attorney John Gross. To compensate for the loss, the Town of Huntington states on its website that residents would be forced to pay higher property taxes. New York State Sen. Paul Gaughran (D-Northport) organized the town hall meeting to answer questions and to let the community know that he aims to seek funding to soften the blow if LIPA’s case prevails. His legislative bills, however, would require the approval of state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). The state senator said he’s working to build consensus in Albany, but urges citizens
served as the state’s financial adviser for the LILCO bailout, before quitting to successfully bid and broker the deal’s bond offering. At $7 billion, it became the largest public offering for municipal bonds in U.S. history. The LILCO deal was originally promoted publicly as a 20 percent rate reduction plan, as reported in the May 28, 1998 New York Times article titled “The End of LILCO, as Long Island has come to know it.” Long Island ratepayers reportedly paid the highest electricity bills in the nation at the time. As details began to surface, critics found the scheme entailed delaying interest payments on the debt and permanently saddled ratepayers with 33 years of liability. Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the thinktank Manhattan Institute wrote a 2013 op-ed piece in Newsday titled “Long Islanders are still paying for three bailouts.” The policy New York State Sen. James Gaughran (D-Northport) holds town hall meeting on LIPA lawsuit against the Town of analyst explained that Long Islanders need Huntington. Photo by Donna Deedy to understand the past mistakes related to the to contact elected officials at all levels of meeting. Now a lawyer specializing in mergers bailouts to prevent similar situations in the government to encourage cooperation in the and acquisitions, corporate governance future. and hostile takeovers, the Northport High battle. LIPA restructured part of its debt in 2013. “I am advocating for the governor to support School graduate blames the problem on the That plan, as reported in Newsday, aimed to my two initiatives to provide Long Island government’s practice of using public funds to reduce the cost of debt, instead of paying it residents with $139 million in state aid to bail out shareholder-owned businesses. LIPA, down. communities impacted by tax certiorari issues,” he explained to the crowd, was formed when LIPA reports today that customers pay 10 he said. “I am fully supportive of the town and officials used the public’s money to buy all the percent in debt reduction and another 10 percent school district in continuing their fight against debt and some of the assets of the Long Island goes in interest. An additional 15 percent of Lighting Company after it mismanaged the a LIPA bill pays taxes and other fees. LIPA’s LIPA.” The situation raises questions about Shoreham nuclear project, which report does not specify how education is funded in New York state. ultimately failed. what those other fees “This is what corruption However, many community members question are. why National Grid and PSEG aren’t bearing looks like,” Marcantonio said. Business leaders, tax liabilities when shareholders are earning “Do not trust LIPA, they are who also spoke at dividends. National Grid, a business based robbing us, and we need to fight the meeting, urged in the United Kingdom, owns the Northport this.” The Northport resident ran others to join the plant and operates under contract to LIPA; for the state’s 12th Assembly — Michael Marcantonio Northport Chamber PSEG Long Island manages transmission and District in 2018, largely on the of Commerce. School LIPA issue, but he was forced to distribution for LIPA. board members passed Gaughran said that he’s looking into reforms drop out due to a court decision out red business cards that ensure the public’s interest is properly over him voting locally in 2012 and 2014 while instructing residents to visit STOP LIPA NOW a student at Duke University Law School in on Facebook and get involved. represented. “Local communities should not be bankrupt North Carolina. LIPA states in its report that it ensures it’s Newspaper reports from 1998 show that working on all customers behalf to lower tax by runaway authorities like LIPA,” he said. Northport resident Michael Marcantonio the now defunct Bear Stearns, the investment bills on its power plants and other equipment to was among people who spoke during the firm involved in the subprime mortgage crisis, reflect their fair value. It estimates the plant tax valuation at $200 to $500 million. Huntington assessed the value on the tax code at $3.4 billion. LIPA timeline The plant sits on some 244 waterfront acres near Asharoken, which LIPA estimates is worth 1997: Gov. George Pataki (R) and state leaders agree to bail out LILCO to form LIPA. “roughly $50 million.” 1998: Bailout implemented; LILCO merges with Brooklyn Union Gas, a KeySpan entity, “We are confident that the court will agree to become MarketSpan. that the Northport power plant is accurately 1999: MarketSpan changes name to KeySpan. assessed,” said Nick Ciappetta, Town of 2007: KeySpan merges with National Grid. Huntington attorney. For people like Northport resident Joseph LIPA is under contract to pay the tax liability of the Northport power plant. The agreement Sabia, the situation has become unbearable. began the day the bailout was implemented in 1998 and ends in 2028. “I love this place, but if I can’t afford to pay my bills what good is it,” he said.
‘This is what corruption looks like.’
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County
State, county officials aim to get funding back for veterans support program BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM County and state officials plan on embarking on a statewide campaign to advocate for the restoration of funds for a veterans peer support program some have called vital. At a press conference March 15 Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) alongside state Sen. John Brooks (D-Massapequa) urged the state Legislature to restore funding for the Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Project, after the proposed executive budget of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) included no funding for the project. “It is our profound duty to serve our veterans both at home and abroad,” Bellone said. “Often times when our veterans return home they carry scars with them. The Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Project has a proven track record of assisting our veterans regain their lives and I urge Albany to reverse course immediately and fund this vital program.” The project, which is overseen by Suffolk County Veterans Service Agency and Suffolk County United Veterans, aims to serve veterans, active duty members, reserve and National Guard troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other adjustment conditions. One of the program goals is to provide peer-topeer support and counseling to veterans who are facing challenges transitioning back to civilian
life, along with offering a safe, supportive space for veterans to interact with one another. Brooks, chairman of the state’s Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs, spoke on the challenges many veterans face when they come home and the good the program does. “These are heroes helping heroes,” the state senator said. “This is a program that enables veterans with knowledge and understanding of issues like PTSD, traumatic brain injury, depression and substance abuse to meet with and counsel veterans who are suffering from one, or several, of these afflictions as a result of their service to our country.” The senator stressed the urgent need for this program and others like it. The program is named after Pfc. Joseph Dwyer, a Mount Sinai resident and U.S. Army combat medic who had served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. After returning home and struggling with PTSD, Dwyer succumbed to his condition in 2008. Last year, 23 counties across the state received $3.735 million in project funding. Joe Cognitore, commander of VFW Post 6249 in Rocky Point, knows the program works and echoed Senator Brooks’ sentiments that programs like the Dwyer project are necessary and vital for veterans. “It’s veterans to veterans,” he said. “Mental health is an important issue.”
Cognitore said on a grassroot level the program works, and he was disappointed about the proposed funding cuts. “This is not a Democrat or Republican issue — it’s a bipartisan one,” he said. “We are all in the foxhole.” As chair for the VFW Department of New York Legislative Committee and a member of the VFW National Legislative Committee, Cognitore was in Albany lobbying earlier this month with other veterans groups urging lawmakers to restore full funds for the program. This year Suffolk County only received a $185,000 share of the money in the state budget. Previously, when the project had its full funds there were plans on expanding the program further into New York state, in addition to the already 23 participating counties. Similarly, two years ago, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) introduced legislation to expand the Dwyer program to the national level. Cognitore mentioned if he had another chance to speak with Cuomo and other lawmakers he would tell them not to slash the budget of a program without due diligence and background research. “It’d be one thing if this program wasn’t working but that’s not the case here — it works,” he said. “Put yourself in our boots, come visit us and see how the program runs.” Cognitore hopes lawmakers in Albany
Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 Comdr. Joe Cognitore File photo by Desirée Keegan
reverse course and restore funds to the program. He said they are fortunate to have county and state officials on their side who are committed to helping veterans. Bellone plans on traveling to the Hudson Valley and Western New York over the course of the next few weeks to build a coalition of state and local officials on the issue of restoring funding. Beginning in 2012, more than 10,000 veterans have participated in the Joseph P. Dwyer program countywide. Suffolk County is home to the largest veterans population in New York state.
Bellone introduces legislation to revitalize shellfish industry BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Long Island has become synonymous with shellfish farming, though in recent years it has become increasingly difficult for farmers to sell and market their products. With that in mind, County Executive Steve Bellone (D) launched a pilot program March 11 designed to remove the red tape to assist local oyster farmers by allowing vendors to expand their current retail opportunities. “Shellfish farming has been an important part of Long Island’s heritage for decades, and plays an important role in cleaning our waterways and promoting economic activity,” Bellone said. He will be introducing legislation to implement an annual temporary event permit for vendors of shellfish grown or harvested in Long Island waters. The permit will not include fees for the first two years. “The introduction of this legislation will go a long way in removing barriers that have made it difficult for our farmers to sell and market their locally sourced products,” the county executive said. Under current regulations, shellfish farmers
Clams at the Town of Brookhaven’s Mariculture Facility at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai File photo by Alex Petroski
must apply for a vendors temporary food service permit with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services before they can market and sell their products. The permits cost $95 and are valid only for a single event at a fixed location, with a 14-day limit. A permit’s time restriction makes it hard for shellfish farmers to participate in weekly and monthly events such as farmers markets and fairs. As a result, it limits a shellfish farmer’s ability to do business. “The county’s aquaculture industry is vital
not only to our Island’s history but to our economy as well,” said county Legislator Bill Lindsay (D-Bohemia), chairman of the Suffolk County Legislature Economic Development Committee. “This industry generates millions of dollars in revenue, supports our local restaurants and provides our residents with world-class locally grown products.” In addition to improving the shellfish industry, the county will continue efforts to improve water quality and restore marine ecosystems.
Past efforts include the 2010 aquaculture lease program. That program secured marine access for shellfish cultivation in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay to accommodate growth, while considering the needs of existing shellfish agriculture businesses. According to the county’s Department of Economic Development and Planning, the program’s total economic output from 2012 to 2017 was estimated at $13 million. “Long Island’s farmers and aquaculture producers are grateful for this economic incentive proposal put forth by County Executive Bellone to help us market and sell our products direct to consumers,” said Rob Carpenter, administrative director of Long Island Farm Bureau. “It will keep jobs, increase sales tax revenue and continue all the associated environmental benefits the industry does for Long Island residents and our waters.” According to the Long Island Oyster Growers Association, local oysters filter approximately 900 million gallons of water every single day. Oysters improve waterways by eating algae, filtering out particulates and excess nutrients as well as creating habitats for other organisms.
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Obituaries
Jacob Donaldson remembered for work on and off the diamond BY VICTORIA ESPINOZA DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Jacob Donaldson died this past weekend, leaving an incredibly rich legacy filled with public service and family memories. A Huntington Station resident, Donaldson, 90, served as a staff sergeant in the Army during the Korean War, and later as a fireman for the New York City Fire Department. He left his mark in other significant areas as well, including on the baseball diamond, getting signed by the Boston Red Sox organization straight out of high school at age 16 and raising nine children in Huntington with his wife Grace. Known by most as Jake, Donaldson was born Monday, October 1, 1928 on a crisp, fall Brooklyn day. His parents, George and Helen, raised him and his younger brother George in the borough until Donaldson turned 16 and left Newtown High School in his hometown and was signed as an outfielder to the Milford Red Sox, a Boston Red Sox minor league affiliate which played in Delaware. In Donaldson’s first season in 1946 he hit .316 with 14 home runs in 116 games. For the next seven years he played for six other minor league teams, including several seasons with the Albany Senators. During his time on the ball field Donaldson rubbed shoulders with many prolific baseball players, including one hall of famer. Left fielder and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame inductee Ted Williams had to borrow Donaldson’s glove once, after someone broke into the locker room and stole Williams’. Donaldson faced off against pitcher Don Newcombe when he was still in the minor leagues.
After Newcombe struck Donaldson with one of his pitches, Donaldson told him to meet in the tunnel after the game. When they did, Newcombe said the only reason he hit him was because he was unable to get him out and asked to take the outfielder out for a beer, according to Donaldson. While Donaldson was excelling on the baseball diamond, he could have fielded his own team at home. He and Grace first welcomed son Jim in 1954, followed by Bob, Kathy, Terry, Patty, Mary, Eileen, John and Joe completing the family of 11 in 1967. The family lived in Huntington Station where the children attended school in both the South Huntington district and Holy Family. Donaldson’s baseball career was interrupted after playing 113 games in 1950. He was drafted into the Army during the Korean War, departing in October 1950. He eventually rose to the rank of staff sergeant. In 1955, the father of nine joined the FDNY as a firefighter. He worked as a motor pump operator and chief’s driver in his nearly 30-year career with the department, mostly working at Engine 3 in Chelsea. He was recognized for his bravery on multiple occasions by the fire department and once appeared on the cover of the New York Daily News on Nov. 23, 1961 following an incident in which a five-alarm blaze did damage to a building in Times Square. On the cover, he is pictured emerging from the building after battling a fire that claimed the lives of two fellow firefighters. Even though his baseball career came to an end, Donaldson’s days on the field were not over. His daughter Terry said one of her favorite memories was attending an Albany Senators Old Timers Nostalgia reunion game at Hawkins Stadium in the summer of 1985.
‘And know how light your death is; You will be scattered like wreckage, The pieces every one a different shape Will spin and lodge in the hearts Of all who love you. — excerpt from ‘Deaths and Engines’ by Irish poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
“It was so nice to see the old timers honored and it made my dad’s baseball days come to life for me!” she said. When his wife Grace suffered from a stroke in 1997, she was confined to a wheelchair and could no longer use one of her arms. Donaldson ensured his wife was taken care of and stayed right by her side until she died in 2017. Donaldson was the proud grandfather to 11, and great grandfather to six. He loved spending time with his grandkids, whether it was sharing the sport he loved with them and teaching them how to throw a ball, or playing in the family’s beloved backyard and inground pool. Andrew Mayrick, one of Donaldson’s grandsons, said when he went to the local pub that his grandpa
had frequented earlier this week, several people approached him to talk about how much they enjoyed getting to know his grandfather. “There were a ton of people I had never met who were all upset, and the owner John said, ‘Jake was like a grandfather to everyone,’” Mayrick said. “He loved everyone he met and lived a life worth talking about, so much that strangers would just sit down and love listening to him.” Donaldson will be remembered by many as a larger than life personality, a friend to all who knew him, and someone who truly got the most out of life. “Grandpa Jake had his own special language — a language of love reserved only for our family,” said granddaughter Mary Grace Donaldson. “He let us know ‘what a crew’ we were and had a number of other one-liners that will live on for years to come.” Visitation will be held at M.A. Connell Funeral Home, 934 New York Ave., Huntington Station on Thursday, March 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be held Friday evening at the funeral home. Interment will be at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale.
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LEGALS Notice of formation of JRF Capital Structures LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 2, 2018. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 7 Dovecote Ln., Commack, NY 11725. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 293 2/21 6x thn Notice of formation of EXTRAORDINARY PARTY FAVORS, LLC. Arts.of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/23/19. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 61 Villas Dr. Melville, NY 11747. Purpose: any lawful purpose. 334 2/28 6x thn Notice of formation domestic/qualification of 7581 Vintage LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on November 19th, 2018, office location: Suffolk County, NS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served, NS shall mail service of process (SOP) to United States Corporation Agents, INC. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. United States Corporation Agents, INC. is designated as agent for SOP at 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228, purpose is any lawful purpose. 341 3/7 6x thn SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Index No.: 600354/2018 COUNTY OF SUFFOLK _______________________ ______________________ REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC, Plaintiff, againstSUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS RACHEL KRSNAK AKA RACHEL SCHMIDT AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS
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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; BARRY KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF ARTHUR A. KRSNAK, JR., WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; SCOTT KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF ARTHUR A. KRSNAK, JR., WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; BARRY KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; EMILY KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; IAN KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; JACOB KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; KATE KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; LUKE KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; BARRY KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; SCOTT KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; SCOTT KRSNAK AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DANIEL KRSNAK, WHO IS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUTH C. KRSNAK; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR A. KRSNAK, JR. WHO WAS BORN IN 1954 AND DIED ON OCTOBER 19,1994, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS 157 BROADWAY AVENUE, SAYVILLE, NEW YORK, 11782, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASS-
ES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF”; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF DANIEL KRSNAK WHO WAS BORN IN 1956 AND DIED ON APRIL 6, 2014, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS 157 BROADWAY AVENUE, SAYVILLE, NY 11782, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF”; CLERK OF THE RIVERHEAD TOWN JUSTICE COURT; CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ; EDWARD HYLAND; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0/B/0 SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT; JOHN DOES” AND “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, 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 attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where LEGALS con’t on pg. 7
Police
The woman above is sought for questioning. Photos from SCPD
Hit and run in Huntington Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County police 2nd Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who allegedly left the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Huntington in December 2018. A woman driving a black sedan, possibly a BMW or a Mercedes Benz, allegedly struck another vehicle in the parking lot of Southdown Marketplace, located at 205 Wall Street in Huntington, on Dec. 23, 2018, at approximately 8
p.m. She fled the scene, driving northbound on Wall Street. The woman is described as white with a slim build, brown shoulder length hair, wearing dark pants and a light colored sweater/ jacket and carrying a black pocketbook. Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477). All calls will be kept confidential.
Former teacher arrested for possession of child pornography Suffolk County police arrested a Northport man for possession of child pornography on March 12. Following an investigation, Computer Crimes Unit detectives arrested Kurt Desch at his home for allegedly possessing child pornography, both videos and still photos, on his computer. Desch, 63, was charged with possessing a sexual performance by a child, a Class E felony. Desch told detectives he retired from teaching at Eastern Suffolk BOCES in 2016. Desch was arraigned at the 1st District Court in Central Islip the same day. Kurt Desch Photo from SCPD
Beware of local phone scam
The Suffolk County Police Department is warning residents of a phone scam that involves callers spoofing a SCPD phone number and demanding money. A Melville man reported to police he receive two phone calls on March 19. During the first call, the victim was instructed to remain on the line, drive to his bank and await further instructions on how to clear up a warrant for criminal activity. During
the course of the call, the man received a second phone call which displayed a legitimate 2nd Precinct phone number on his caller ID. The caller provided a fake badge number and threatened to arrest the man if he did not comply with the instructions from the first caller. The scammers used spoofing software to enable the calls to appear as if they were coming from legitimate sources. Members of the SCPD will never call the public asking for money. For more information, visit www.suffolkpd.org.
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Celebrated chef Michael Maroni died unexpectedly at age 57 Thursday, March 7, while swimming in an indoor pool. One week later, his namesake restaurant in Northport resumed operations to the rhythm of the rock ’n’ roll music that he loved. “Maroni’s is open,” said wife Maria Maroni. “Not only our doors but our hearts. Mike always said, ‘Maroni’s is not just business … it’s a beating heart.’ That’s what everyone feels when they come through these doors, not only amazing food and service … but love. Not only will that continue, but that heart will beat stronger and better than ever to make Mike proud. The beat goes on … come and see for yourself. If I can do it … so can you. Love wins.” Operations will continue with the
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Journalists make a living often by shining a light on the behind-the-scenes actions of government officials and other people in power. The role of the press is critical to a healthy society. To promote open government, both the federal and state governments have strong laws that preserve a person’s rights to access government records and meetings. Journalists regularly rely on these laws to do their job, but these rights belong to all people. Anyone can request records and attend the meetings of elected officials. In last week’s issue, TBR News Media participated in Sunshine Week, sponsored by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The initiative’s goal is to better inform the public of their open government rights to access records and meetings of government entities of all sizes. We focused on New York State’s Freedom of Information Law and found that some local government offices were following antiquated practices. Since 1978, governments in New York have been required to adopt a record access code consistent with that of New York State. Not every government is up to date. We found that most government offer preprinted FOIL request forms on their website but lacked record access clause in their online code book. Fortunately, the state’s Department of State Committee on Open Government makes it easy for officials to update their code. Its website provides model regulations that can be easily adopted. We’re proud to say that in response to our reporting, Port Jefferson Village quickly agreed to review and revise their code as needed. Another village, Head of the Harbor, was more resistant. It’s important for people to know that since 2006 New York State requires that government entities accept and respond to FOIL requests via email, if they have email. If they use emails internally, executive director of the Committee on Open Government, Robert Freeman, said that it’s hard to imagine why it can’t be used for record access. New York was the first state in the nation to address this problem. In today’s electronic age, there’s little need to physically go to town or village hall to request or receive records. Transparency in government is imperative, and we encourage all town and village halls, as well as schools, to review their practices to ensure the easiest means for the public to access records. The more resistant a government entity is to follow open government rules, the more critical it is for people to challenge it. For more information on New York’s Freedom of Information Law, the Open Meetings Law and the Personal Privacy Protection Law, visit www.dos.ny.gov/coog/.
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Kevin from Smithtown is a former New York Police Department officer who worked on and around the pile at ground zero for close to 12 months. In January of 2018, Kevin was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s diffused large B-cell lymphoma and underwent six months of chemotherapy, which left him with devastating symptoms that will stay with him for the rest of his life. James Zadroga was another one of the many fearless leaders who stepped up in the wake of 9/11. He was also the first NYPD officer whose death in 2006 was connected to toxic exposure at the World Trade Center site. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act was signed into law in 2011 to help our 9/11 first responders. Five years later, the Zadroga Act was permanently reauthorized and included $4.6 billion for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund over five years, which was established to provide compensation for the victims of 9/11 and their families. It continues to provide compensation for those suffering from 9/11-related illnesses and their loved ones. First responders who worked on the pile day and night, aiding in the search, rescue and cleanup efforts, were breathing in toxic debris and ash which is now known to have caused over 50
different types of cancer. However, last month, the Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund issued an alarming report, stating its funding was insufficient to compensate all claims and the fund would have to make severe cuts to awards across the board. This is unacceptable and regardless of party affiliation, regardless of which district or state you come from, it is imperative legislation to fully fund the VCF, have it passed and sent to the president immediately to become law, so we can ensure these victims receive the compensation they deserve. These include the very men and women who in the face of evil were willing to put it all on the line to help save their fellow Americans — who ran into the towers as everyone ran out. It is unconscionable that time and again they have been forced to plead their case as to why they are worthy of our support. After learning of the across the board cuts to claims, Kevin wrote to me saying, “To give out awards reduced by 70% is a slap in my face and all others that are now suffering.” He’s right. When he was working the pile day and night for months on end, he wasn’t thinking about himself or what this might mean for his future. Kevin was thinking about our nation. In the wake of
unimaginable terror, Kevin was there for us — stepping up to the plate to do what had to be done. The idea that now, during his time of need, we would abandon him and renege on our promises appalls me. This past Sept. 11, 17 years since the attacks, we came together as we always do to remember those who were taken from us on that day. But last year marked an especially harrowing occasion. By the end of the 2018, more people had died from 9/11-related illnesses than were killed on the day the towers fell. That’s one of the most important reasons why Congress must immediately pass the Never Forget the Heroes Act, which will fully fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and reauthorize it to 2090, ensuring 9/11 victims and their families receive the support they have more than earned. We cannot hesitate in taking action. We cannot hesitate when it comes to keeping our promises to these brave men and women. In honor of them and the families who carry on their memory, Congress must do its job and fully fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. In the aftermath of 9/11 we vowed we’d never forget, and we’re going to make sure of it. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) U.S. Representative, District 1
NY should look at congestion pricing tolls Here is one way to obtain support from suburban commuters, taxpayers and their State Assembly and State Senate representatives for congestion pricing tolls. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority receives $1.4 billion in annual assistance from various Federal Transit Administration formula funding grant programs. For decades, the MTA has distributed these dollars from Washington
via a formula to operating agencies. They have been split between NYC Transit Authority at 70 to 75 percent, the Long Island Rail Road at 12.5–15 percent and the Metro-North Railroad at 12.5 to 15 percent. If this formula for federal assistance has been accepted as fair, why not apply the same toward distribution of any future congestion toll revenues as well? Consideration should also be given to set
aside 1 percent for suburban bus operators to be shared by Huntington Area Rapid Transit, Suffolk County Transit, Nassau Inter-County Express and Westchester Bee-Line bus systems. Distribution of assistance to bus transit operators could follow the state’s transportation operating assistance formula. Larry Penner Great Neck
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The maddening search for the missing sock
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reader wrote in to request a column about the search for missing items. The following is my attempt to oblige that request. Right now, someone, somewhere is looking for something. Whatever it is, a birthday card bought three months ago for that special day tomorrow, a scarf that matches an outfit D. None perfectly or a piece of paper from an of the above art store for a critBY DANIEL DUNAIEF ical presentation, will cost less in time and money to purchase anew than the time
it takes to search through the house. And yet most people don’t want to give up the search because they figure they’ll find it, save themselves the trip and prove to their spouses that they aren’t completely hopeless. The search for stuff can go from the manic “Where’s my hat, where’s my hat, where’s my hat,” to the humorous “Oh, haaat, where are you? Come to me, hat. Wouldn’t you like to share a spring day outside?” to the grittedteeth angry “I know I put the hat here and it’s not here, which means it either walked away on its own or someone picked it up and put it somewhere else.” When stuff disappears, we return to the same location over and over, searching the closet, flipping the cushions off the couch repeatedly, only to put them back and throw them off again, hoping that, somehow, the magic that caused the item to disappear will bring it back through our frantic search.
Most of us aren’t like Seinfeld or my superorganized sister-in-law, whose garage is probably better coordinated and arranged than most Home Depots. I recognize, of course, that my wife and I are on the other end of that spectrum. I’m not sure how the people with the organizational gene do it. I look at a pile of stuff and separate out everything into broad categories. There’s junk I might need outside, junk I might need inside, junk I can’t readily identify — and then I stare at it. At some point, my frustration at my inability to sort through it becomes sufficiently high that I put the pile back together and, lo and behold, the junk makes it almost impossible to find one specific item, even if what I seek is in that pile. My life is filled with figurative haystacks and my ability and my patience to search for the needles is minimal. When I’m hunting for something, I close my eyes and try to retrieve from my memory the last time I saw it. Aha! I think. It was in the living
room. No, maybe the dining room. No, no, I’m sure it was the kitchen. Sometimes, I break down and buy the stupid item again, knowing that I need a specific type of tape, a matching pair of socks or something that I can’t fake having because something like it —- a Hawaiian shirt versus a button-down Oxford shirt — just won’t do. When I return with the desired item, I take a moment to try to figure out where best to put it so I can find it again the next day or in a week, if I’m that organized. I walk slowly around the house, examining the piles of stuff that I just searched through, knowing that the piles are seeking recruits to join them. I come across an unusual and little used location, which I’m sure I’ll remember. As I find the perfect place for the redundant item, far from the all-consuming clutter, I sometimes discover that the joke’s on me: The original birthday card or missing sock await in exactly the same location.
March brings spring and college acceptance letters
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robably the worst part of the fraud committed by parents to get their children into top colleges is the message it sends to their children. The parents are saying plainly that the children are not capable of succeeding on their own. Regardless of what they may have told their children, actions speak louder than words, and these parents have Between demonstrated that in order to sucyou and me ceed, one has to BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF lie, cheat, bribe and otherwise con one’s way to the goal. And what is the goal here? Just getting into college, not making a million-dollar deal or getting on Easy Street for life. Yes,
a college degree usually helps a person to get a better job. It also supposedly helps that person to become a more developed human. But a college graduate is merely on the threshold of the rest of his or her life, with no guarantees of any sort except the number of years one has spent in schools. There are colleges considered top tier, but they promise nothing more than a sheepskin if one passes all the requisite courses. Are the professors better in a top-tier college? One might think that. Or one might suspect that some of the big name faculty use postgraduate teaching assistants to do the daily teaching with little student contact while they do research, travel to give lectures and win grants, contributing to the university’s standing more than to that of the students’ education. A top college degree might be a good name to drop in social circles, but in a long life performance is ultimately what counts. Who gets the benefit of that name? Is it the child? Or is it the parents when relating the successes of their offspring? I remember a cartoon in one of the magazines about the time
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my children were going through that nerveracking period of receiving acceptances — and rejections. In the center of the cartoon was the back of a car, with a close-up of the rearview window. And at the bottom left corner of the window, proudly displayed, was the sticker of the desired college, followed by the words, “also accepted in” with the other top-tier college stickers paraded across the width of the glass. Exactly whose victory was that touting? Why, that of the parents, of course. Many of the kids probably didn’t have a car or couldn’t even drive yet. Now let’s be honest here. Some parents have always tried to help their kids succeed, whether by throwing in a hand with the eighth-grade science project or polishing French pronunciation. And those parents who could afford it have sometimes made lavish donations to colleges in the hopes of aiding the admissions process. But those donations, if they build a new room for the library or contribute to the purchase of equipment in the lab, ultimately help many students. Most important, they are visible and not dishonest.
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And whether we like it or not, people with more money sometimes use their money to their own advantage. Even the ability to pay for tutoring for the SATs divides the students into the haves and the have-nots. But that’s not illegal. The other truism is this. Whether in college or in life or just inputting on a computer, garbage in means garbage out. If a student is committed and diligent about studying in college, and there are many good colleges in this country, that student will benefit from the college experience. The opposite is also true. It doesn’t so much matter where one goes to college, but rather what one gets from the college in addition to the piece of paper documenting one’s attendance and tuition payments. My granddaughter is a high school senior this year and waiting to hear where she will go for the next four years. We all are waiting to hear with her. She has already received acceptances so she knows she will be a college student by fall. Wherever she goes, she will get there honestly and because of the exceptional person that she is. We are so proud of her.
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