Sentences with phrase «oyster bay»

In the town's response, an attorney for Oyster Bay argues that in addition to attorney - client privilege, the government is not entitled to the complete documents because the documents are also protected from disclosure by the attorney work product doctrine, which can bar disclosure of material attorneys develop in preparation of a case.

Records obtained by Newsday showed that Singh, who has had at least one county contract and several with the Town of Oyster Bay, arranged and paid for vacation trips for County Executive Edward Mangano and his family, overlapping time with trips that Singh and his family took, Newsday has reported.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to bar any mention of decisions not to prosecute New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the corruption trial next month of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino disrupted a news conference by Democratic candidates in front of Town Hall Monday, disputing statements made by the organizers.

By lunch break in the trial of Linda Mangano, Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, however, some jurors sat with folded arms as the exhibits and the verbal jousting between Carman and Singh seemed to go on and on.

Herman said he was, «very interested in running for supervisor in Oyster Bay.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh testified Wednesday that the Town of Oyster Bay «was willing to do whatever I wanted,» but a defense attorney for former Town Supervisor John Venditto sought to show his client wasn't essential to Singh securing town - guaranteed loans.

Oyster Bay is reeling from scandals involving an influential restaurateur, a former town official and financial problems that triggered a ratings agency to recently downgrade the town's debt to «junk bond» status.

As Monday morning, and testimony by Barry Edelstein of Structured Growth Capital, wore on, a few courtroom spectators at the trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto seemed to be finding it difficult to keep their eyes open.

The town also disputes arguments by prosecutors that Town Attorney Joseph Nocella waived Oyster Bay's privilege in a conversation with federal prosecutors.

Kevin Keating, Edward Mangano's lawyer, had kicked off the defense cross-examination of Mei Tuesday morning, by attempting to put distance between the former county executive and the workings of Oyster Bay.

Mangano was a big fan of the omelets at Singh's Chow Down Diner in East Meadow and the slices at his BeSi Pizzeria in Bethpage, and also frequently dined at the HR Singletons Steak House in Bethpage, the Woodlands catering hall at the Oyster Bay golf course and the Water's Edge restaurant in Queens, the workers said.

The government's motion also seeks to prevent mention of the Town of Oyster Bay's actions related to corruption allegations against John Venditto.

Instead, Mei and other town officials relied on a vaguely worded Oyster Bay board resolution authorizing town help for Singh — which had passed in 2010, according to earlier testimony.

Kevin Keating, defense attorney for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, got his first crack Tuesday at former Oyster Bay Deputy Supervisor Leonard Genova during the federal corruption trial of Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

He then addressed the former town supervisor's securities fraud charges, saying every investor who bought Town of Oyster Bay bonds made money.

The documents center around a key part of the government's case — an alleged scheme by Edward Mangano and Venditto to have Oyster Bay provide restaurateur Harendra Singh with $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees for businesses.

A Democratic state Senate candidate is calling for changes in ethics laws to address scandals in Oyster Bay town government.

An attorney who served as outside counsel to the Town of Oyster Bay when it first guaranteed a loan for restaurateur Harendra Singh testified Wednesday that he witnessed Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano put his hand on Singh's shoulder at a crucial April 2010 meeting on the deal and tell the room, «Let's get this thing done.»

Marc Agniflio, the lawyer for former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, jumped right in after the lunch break Tuesday, hitting hard at prosecution witness Frederick Mei's credibility — and culpability for accepting cash, trips and other bribes from restaurateur Harendra Singh.

Edelstein said several Oyster Bay Town officials at that time — including Kevin Conologue, deputy parks commissioner, Leonard Kunzig, the comptroller, Steven Marx, Venditto's assistant, and Frederick Mei, a deputy town attorney — were at a meeting in April 2011 when the term was explained.

Gaughran's proposal feeds off Oyster Bay's downgrade, allowing for a recall election if a municipality's status is lowered to «junk bond» status.

Oyster Bay Town Attorney Leonard Genova, who long served as former Supervisor John Venditto's right - hand man, resigned Monday.

Former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto leaves the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., in 2016.

Mondello, 80, of Oyster Bay Cove, took over the county party after the conviction of his predecessor, the late Joseph Margiotta, for extortion and mail fraud.

Mangano's wife Linda and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were also charged.

The lender to indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh's concessions at Oyster Bay's golf course and Tobay Beach has demanded that the town pay more than $ 14.6 million after Singh defaulted on loans guaranteed by the town, according to letters obtained by Newsday.

«We woke a lot of people up about what's been going on in the Town of Oyster Bay,» Freier said.

A former Oyster Bay deputy town supervisor admitted Wednesday that he initially lied to prosecutors about town - backed loans because he was «in panic mode» and wanted to protect his boss, then - town supervisor John Venditto.

I went through the trials and tribulations of raising a family and starting a business in Oyster Bay, and I have experienced what millions of people are experiencing now and then all over the county and in Oyster Bay.

Mangano is on trial, along with his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, before Azrack in Central Islip.

«I have enjoyed my tenure with the town of Oyster Bay and working with all my colleagues in town government,» Genova said in his resignation letter, addressed to Acting Supervisor Joseph Muscarella, who did not return a call for comment Monday.

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas reportedly fired a veteran investigator who she accuses of interfering with the Oyster Bay public corruption probe.

Genova's signature appears on disputed agreements that purport to obligate Oyster Bay to pay Singh's creditors millions of dollars.

Former Nassau County executive Edward Mangano, Linda Mangano, and former Oyster Bay Town Survisor John Venditto.

Leonard Genova, former Oyster Bay official, testified Tuesday that restaurateur Harendra Singh had wide political influence.

Marc Agnifilo, the defense attorney for John Venditto, Oyster Bay's former town supervisor, asked Leonard Genova, Venditto's former deputy.

Defense attorneys on Tuesday questioned former Town of Oyster Bay Attorney Leonard Genova, seen in Oyster Bay on May 24, 2016.

Leonard Genova, once deputy to former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, was grilled by defense attorneys Wednesday.

Battered by scandal, corruption, mismanagement, distrust and debt, the Town of Oyster Bay desperately needs change.

Jury selection in the federal corruption trial for former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, his wife Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto gets underway Monday morning in Islip.

As a result of the town's guarantee on the loan, the restaurateur allegedly was able to default on the loans and the town of Oyster Bay would be responsible for paying the lender and bank, the indictment says.

ALBANY — The U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District on Thursday unveiled a 13 - count indictment against Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, his wife Linda and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto on federal corruption charges.

Closing arguments in the case against Mangano, wife Linda Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were scheduled to continue on Thursday.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, a Republican, on Sunday removed lawfully placed political signs in Sea Cliff that were posted by the Democratic Party, Sea Cliff Village Administrator Bruce Kennedy said.

A Town of Oyster Bay ordinance restricting day laborers from soliciting work on the streets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled.

The Town of Oyster Bay agreed to cooperate with investigators looking into past concessions agreements as a condition for borrowing nearly $ 50 million for operating and capital expenses this week.

The lack of specific estimated costs and the number of years prosecutors allege that Singh paid for the Supervisor's Golf Outing, a popular event that was free to Oyster Bay residents, make it impossible to calculate a total beyond the limousine rides.

A federal judge delayed for two months the upcoming corruption trial of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017.

According to documents unsealed recently, Frederick Mei, who resigned as a deputy Oyster Bay Town attorney on Aug. 31, 2015, secretly pleaded guilty to a charge of honest services fraud.