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Roslyn biz afraid to fire Adam Skelos
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Physicians’ Reciprocal CEO testified he feared upsetting Dean Skelos BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Anthony Bonomo, the former CEO of Roslyn-based! Physicians’ Reciprocal! Insurers, testified on Monday that he was afraid to fire Adam Skelos, the son of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre). “I just didn’t want to have a problem with the senator,” Bonomo said, according to a report by Newsday. His testimony was part of the second week of the retrial of Dean and Adam Skelos at a courthouse in Manhattan. Earlier in the trial, another employee at Physicians’ Reciprocal!Insurers said that Adam Skelos threatened to “smash [his] [expletive] head in” after he confronted Skelos about not coming into the office. Adam Skelos was paid an annual salary of $78,000 even though he did not have a license to sell insurance. The two Skelos men are again
facing charges that Dean Skelos used his power in Albany to secure jobs and fees worth $300,000 for Adam Skelos from Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, New Hyde Park real estate developer Glenwood Management and Arizona-based environmental technology firm AbTech Industries. The father and son were convicted on corruption charges in 2015, but the conviction was overturned last September by a federal appeals court, citing a U.S. Supreme Court case involving former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, which narrowed the definition of an “official act” and what constitutes corruption. That ruling by the Supreme Court was also used to overturn the corruption conviction of!Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was accused of using his power to secure payments from Glenwood Management and others. Continued on Page 114
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Cystic fibrosis patient Jerry Cahill, 62, set off last Friday for a 100-mile bike ride from the Cohen Children’s Medical Center to Montauk. See story on page 3.
Aiding autistic students by finding them a job B Y R E B E C C A K L A R program for its students with Velasquez, a licensed behavior The Kids Learning Loft, an applied behavior analysis services center in Williston Park, is looking to expand its services through a business outreach
autism. The center typically works with younger children, but has some teens it has! been working with since they were little, said Jennifer Kourassanis-
analyst and co-director of the program. “We want to make sure we continue to evolve the skills they need to work on and just Continued on Page 115
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