Nimick and his fellow directors of the Clarkstown Residents Opposing Patronage, Ralph Sabatini and Michael Hull, asked the town board to look into Town Attorney, Amy Mele, and the rest
of the Town Attorney staff.
If enough valid signatures were collected for a referendum, one
of the town attorney's recommendations was to rescind it and adopt another bond with a five - year payback that is not subject to a referendum.
The question is who will be the first to reject Supervisor Gromack's advice and realize that an audit of the Office
of Town Attorney is in the interest of the Town?
More to the immediate point, perhaps they are now wondering about the proposed audit of the Office
of the Town Attorney?
Perhaps the members of the Town Board are wondering about the validity
of Town Attorney's views concerning open deliberations as stated in theOpen Meetings Law?
The town ethics board delegates the task of reviewing financial disclosure forms to an appointee
of the town attorney's office, board chairman John Nagy said.
One of those 3 - 2 votes was to rescind a town policy requiring individual town board members getting full - board approval before utilizing services
of the town attorney.
This new alliance on the five - member board resulted in votes to rescind both the town's Rules of Procedure in conducting town board meetings, and to rescind a town policy requiring individual town board members obtaining full - board approval before utilizing services
of the town attorney.
Genova continued to use both titles publicly and in town documents until Venditto's arrest in October, when the town acknowledged he only held the title
of town attorney.
Rockland Voice has foiled the Town of Clarkstown for an original copy of the report which was apparently sent to one
of the town attorneys on December 31, 2014.
Not exact matches
Habib Chaudhry, a 49 - year - old from the Long Island
town of Valley Stream, was one
of the last remaining conspirators on the lam, the United States»
Attorney's Office for the District
of New Jersey confirms to Fortune.
Near the end
of Find a Victim, Ross Macdonald's 1954 novel
of murder and hijacking in a small California
town, private eye Lew Archer suggests to the district
attorney that the local sheriff may be the culprit.
Attorney Thomas Hungar, attorney for the town of Greece, suggested courts were different, and that the national legislature had had similar prayers since the nation's f
Attorney Thomas Hungar,
attorney for the town of Greece, suggested courts were different, and that the national legislature had had similar prayers since the nation's f
attorney for the
town of Greece, suggested courts were different, and that the national legislature had had similar prayers since the nation's founding.
Apart from the handful who were born in Ashland, they'd moved from Homer or Chicago or Coronado Island, in the first or third or ninth grade, reared in trailers or at friends» houses or in homes with hot tubs, the sons
of teachers and
attorneys and single mothers who had chosen to go back - to - the - land in a small
town: population 15,000, liberal and rural, five crowded elementary schools.
It's expected to be quite the show, since there are now four candidates vying for the right to take on Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (in order
of their entry into the race)-- Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos,
attorney Wendy Long, Rye
Town Supervisor Joe Carvin and Rep. Bob Turner.
The list
of Democratic candidates includes County Legislature Minority Leader Carrie Andrews, Irondequoit
Town Supervisor Adam Bello, former county legislator Vincent Esposito, former Brighton
Town Supervisor Sandra Frankel, and former Monroe County District
Attorney Mike Green.
Eaton said each
of the three declared Republican US Senate candidates — Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos,
attorney Wendy Long and Rye
Town Supervisor Joe Carvin — has «advantages and disadvantages,» but added:
Ramapo's
town attorney said today he had no knowledge
of a $ 3.66 million payment the
town received from its land development corporation for the property to build its controversial baseball stadium.
Frederick Ippolito, former
Town of Oyster Bay planning commissioner who pleaded guilty to federal tax charges last year, has died in prison, his
attorney, Brian Griffin said.
An opinion by an Oyster Bay
attorney that the
town could not provide a loan guarantee legally for restaurateur Harendra Singh's businesses set off a chain
of events in which former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's law firm was hired to devise a way get around it, federal prosecutors allege.
The board is also to vote to hire a Babylon investigative firm LMGI Ltd. to investigate and conduct surveillance in the
town and the
town attorney's office when the
town attorney's investigators face a conflict
of interest, according to the meeting's agenda and
town officials.
At the top
of most people's lists is Clarence
Town Justice Michael B. Powers, a well known Buffalo lawyer and vice-chairman
of the local Republican Party in the 1990s, and Lancaster
Town Justice Jeremy A. Colby, a former Erie County
attorney, according to sources close to the process.
The personnel resolution also includes transferring seven
of Santino's executive assistants, secretaries and clerks to other departments such as the
town attorney's office, the Department
of Conservation and Waterways, and the Department
of Parks and Recreation.
Restaurateur Harendra Singh on Thursday finished his testimony in the federal corruption trial
of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay
Town Supervisor John Venditto, after 13 days on the stand and as the prosecution challenged two crucial sets
of evidence submitted by defense
attorneys.
John Elmer is here at
Town of Sanford Court with his
attorney, Ron Benjamin.
ALBANY — Amid New York's growing prescription drug epidemic, a bipartisan coalition
of 23 mayors and
town supervisors from across the state today endorsed
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's Internet System for Tracking Overprescribing (I - STOP) plan to create an online database to report and track certain controlled substances in real time.
Nassau district
attorney investigators arrested Gerard Terry, a former North Hempstead
Town Democratic Party leader, on April 12, 2016, who, public records show, amassed nearly $ 1.4 million in state and federal tax debts while receiving government jobs worth hundreds
of thousands
of dollars.
Assistant U.S.
Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz said during the arraignment that the government wants to have Griffin removed as Venditto's attorney because the federal investigation is continuing into Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay, and Griffin has a conflict of i
Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz said during the arraignment that the government wants to have Griffin removed as Venditto's
attorney because the federal investigation is continuing into Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay, and Griffin has a conflict of i
attorney because the federal investigation is continuing into Nassau County and the
Town of Oyster Bay, and Griffin has a conflict
of interest.
-- Long Island restaurateur Harendra Singh was arrested and indicted in September on 13 federal charges including one that he bribed a former
Town of Oyster Bay deputy attorney in order to have the town give him an «indirect guarantee» of $ 32 million in lo
Town of Oyster Bay deputy
attorney in order to have the
town give him an «indirect guarantee» of $ 32 million in lo
town give him an «indirect guarantee»
of $ 32 million in loans.
The agreement requires «the
town, its officers, officials, employees, and agents to continue to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States
Attorney for the Eastern District
of New York, and any and all federal, state and local agencies and authorities, on matters whether civil or criminal in nature, regarding these allegations.»
Venditto's lawyer says in court papers that the former supervisor was a victim
of a scheme orchestrated by Singh, Deputy
Town Attorney Fred Mei and Harris Beach to obtain millions
of dollars in loan guarantees for Singh.
Instead, the same deputy
town attorney, Mei, wrote Garry on
town attorney letterhead: «This letter shall serve to acknowledge your firm's representation
of Singh Hospitality Group and to waive any actual or potential conflict
of interest in connection with said representation.»
Many
of the transfers overall involve no change in pay, including the $ 150,000 annual salary
of senior policy adviser Matt Coleman to serve as a research assistant with the waterways department, and Santino's secretary, Roseanne Scandiffio, who will continue to be paid $ 119,000 as secretary to the
town attorney.
Town officials said the office
of District
Attorney Thomas Spota requested records last week.
«Sadly, we're getting confronted with public officials who are alleged to have abused their positions
of trust, in this case the highest - ranking elected official in Nassau County and in the
Town of Oyster Bay, for their own corrupt benefit, thereby abusing the public trust,» Robert L. Capers, U.S.
attorney for the Eastern District
of New York, said at a news conference.
Venditto, an
attorney and son
of Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, was first elected to the legislature in 2012.
Venditto did not comment Thursday, but his
attorney, Brian Griffin
of Garden City, said in a statement: «John Venditto has served the citizens
of the
Town of Oyster Bay for 40 years, with great distinction.
In a statement Wednesday, Croci, an
attorney and U.S. Navy reservist who has served in Afghanistan and was Islip
Town supervisor when he brought the proceeding, told a reporter that he always acted in the best interest
of Adele Smithers.
Joseph Clare, 56,
of Honoco Road, Aurora pleaded guilty in Genoa
Town Court to misdemeanor fraud and petit larceny charges as part
of a deal that he forfeit future insurance benefits, according to an announcement by state Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott and
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
A special prosecutor in the case
of Lindsay Henry, a Babylon
Town attorney charged with assaulting his girlfriend, said he expects the case to be dismissed tomorrow if the alleged victim continues not to appear in court.
On Tuesday, Venditto's defense
attorney, Marc Agnifilo
of Manhattan, sought to highlight that the main
town contact for both Hoffmann and Crowley was not Venditto but then - Deputy Town Supervisor Leonard Gen
town contact for both Hoffmann and Crowley was not Venditto but then - Deputy
Town Supervisor Leonard Gen
Town Supervisor Leonard Genova.
What kind
of attorney advises a
town board to deceive the public?
Is it possible that an
attorney that advises deception is capable
of deceiving the current
town board himself?
He won election as
attorney general despite resistance from the New York Times editorial board and other left - leaning institutions, and then ran the only two people ahead
of him in line — Gov. Eliot Spitzer (with an assist from Client 9 on that one) and Lt. Gov. David Paterson — out
of town on a rail.
Marjorie Acevedo, a member
of the
town's anti-bias task force, said the remarks are upsetting and she has asked the
town attorney to address the incident at a task force meeting Monday night.
His
attorney, Brian Griffin,
of Garden City, said Tuesday that his guilty plea was not connected to his work for the
town.
The Democratic Party's candidate,
attorney and former Huntington
town board member Stuart Besen, has yet to form a campaign committee with the state Board
of Elections.
At
Town Hall on Tuesday, at a 10 a.m. town board work session, Bill O'Connor, an attorney, will brief the board on federal regulations covering local regulation of airpo
Town Hall on Tuesday, at a 10 a.m.
town board work session, Bill O'Connor, an attorney, will brief the board on federal regulations covering local regulation of airpo
town board work session, Bill O'Connor, an
attorney, will brief the board on federal regulations covering local regulation
of airports.
Farley's husband,
attorney Richard Farley, is a Democrat who proposed to her at a White House event in 2014, according to a narrative
of their hurricane - challenged wedding that ran in
Town & Country.
Islip
Town Attorney Robert L. Cicale of Islip Terrace, now in his second term, was also nominated to run for Suffolk County District Court judge, along with John P. Schettino of West Islip, a trial attorney who is the law secretary to Suffolk County Family Court Judge Philip
Attorney Robert L. Cicale
of Islip Terrace, now in his second term, was also nominated to run for Suffolk County District Court judge, along with John P. Schettino
of West Islip, a trial
attorney who is the law secretary to Suffolk County Family Court Judge Philip
attorney who is the law secretary to Suffolk County Family Court Judge Philip Golgas.