One by one, each member of the town board spoke about the request to propose an audit
on the Town Attorney's office and one by one, each member formally denied any desire to do so.
Each states «We hereby appoint Harris Beach PLLC as the Town's outside counsel...» Both appeared
on town attorney letterhead.
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.»
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.
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 East Hampton
Town Board renewed the push to regulate takeoffs and landings at East Hampton Airport at its meeting
on Tuesday, as an
attorney described the potential ways to restrict, or even ban, aircraft deemed noisy, including helicopters.
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.
A 56 - year - old
attorney from New York City who once clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Long holds a weekly
town hall - style meeting
on Facebook Live.
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.
-- 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.»
For example, restaurateur Harendra Singh was been indicted
on federal charges that he bribed an Oyster Bay deputy
town attorney to receive a favorable financial deal.
Town Attorney Joe Ra said Ahmad was filling a vacant position from an early retirement, and her duties will include focusing
on personnel issues.
At 6 p.m., state Assemblywoman Inez Dickens hosts a
town hall meeting with Manhattan District
Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., Bronx District
Attorney Darcel Clark and others
on Raise the Age legislation, Harlem Hospital Center, 506 Lenox Ave., second floor auditorium, Manhattan.
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.
Lupinacci said he's also proposing a permanent memorial to Beigel
on the street where he grew up, but said he'll first consult with the
town attorney and
town board.
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.
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.
Late Wednesday, Azrack ruled lawyers
on both sides are entitled to know about verbal communication between Oyster Bay
attorneys and
town officials.
On Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, Hempstead GOP Town Supervisor Anthony Santino conceded the race to Gillen, an attorney from Rockville Centre, who on Tuesday clinched a surprise victory by more than 2,200 votes over Santino, according to unofficial result
On Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, Hempstead GOP
Town Supervisor Anthony Santino conceded the race to Gillen, an
attorney from Rockville Centre, who
on Tuesday clinched a surprise victory by more than 2,200 votes over Santino, according to unofficial result
on Tuesday clinched a surprise victory by more than 2,200 votes over Santino, according to unofficial results.
Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay
Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense
attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly
on the stand.
Sinnreich
on Wednesday had detailed the scene at the crucial April 28, 2010, meeting where Singh, Mangano, Venditto, Genova, Mei and Rivkin Radler
attorneys discussed finding a way to get Singh a
town - guaranteed loan.
Bosworth, who said the amount of Terry's liens left her «surprised,» said she has asked
Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin to «undertake a comprehensive review and to advise me on any necessary changes in town policy and procedures that we need to take.&ra
Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin to «undertake a comprehensive review and to advise me
on any necessary changes in
town policy and procedures that we need to take.&ra
town policy and procedures that we need to take.»
Saladino faced four opponents: Democrat and former Syosset school board president Marc Herman, who questioned Saladino's commitment to reform, as did John Mangelli, who narrowly lost to Venditto in 2015 as a Democrat and ran
on the Reform line; Jonathan Clarke, an
attorney running
on the Progressive line; and Robert Ripp, a frequent critic of Saladino at
town board meetings who ran
on the End Corruption line.
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.
Neither the
town attorney, James Craig, nor Lewza's lawyer, Luibrand, returned phone calls from the Times Union
on the matter.
New York's
attorney general has filed a lawsuit seeking to permanently block Amigone Funeral Home from reopening its crematory
on Sheridan Drive in the
Town of Tonawanda.
Town attorney Brian Nugent took humbrage, stating, «The library dropped the ball on this in several places and they should not malign a town clerk with an outstanding reputation because of their own failures.&ra
Town attorney Brian Nugent took humbrage, stating, «The library dropped the ball
on this in several places and they should not malign a
town clerk with an outstanding reputation because of their own failures.&ra
town clerk with an outstanding reputation because of their own failures.»
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.
A letter to the
town board authored by Eddy was read — it objected to the bill he received from the
town for $ 1,282 to reimburse taxpayers for the cost of his inquiry to the
town's
Attorney months ago requesting advice
on the tie vote in the November election and the legality of the subsequent «holdover» of incumbent board member Gail Seaman — to which Eddy had opposed.
This summer when a Lake Katrine man was
on trial for using a civilian drone outside a
Town of Ulster medical building, Ulster County Assistant District
Attorney Tom Colonna summed up «drone anxiety» by telling the jury that the machines «put human eyes in a place, like 30 feet in the air outside an exam room window, where human eyes normally wouldn't be.»
Defense
attorneys on Tuesday questioned former
Town of Oyster Bay
Attorney Leonard Genova, seen in Oyster Bay
on May 24, 2016.
Prior to being an assemblyman, Mr. Thiele served as Southampton
Town supervisor, as a county legislator
on the South Fork and as Southampton
Town attorney.
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.»
Democrats in East Hampton
Town swept the races for town supervisor and town board, with Peter Van Scoyoc winning a decisive victory over his opponent, Manny Vilar, in the race for supervisor, and his running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Kathee Burke - Gonzalez and Jeff Bragman, an attorney, handily winning their bids for two seats on the town bo
Town swept the races for
town supervisor and town board, with Peter Van Scoyoc winning a decisive victory over his opponent, Manny Vilar, in the race for supervisor, and his running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Kathee Burke - Gonzalez and Jeff Bragman, an attorney, handily winning their bids for two seats on the town bo
town supervisor and
town board, with Peter Van Scoyoc winning a decisive victory over his opponent, Manny Vilar, in the race for supervisor, and his running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Kathee Burke - Gonzalez and Jeff Bragman, an attorney, handily winning their bids for two seats on the town bo
town board, with Peter Van Scoyoc winning a decisive victory over his opponent, Manny Vilar, in the race for supervisor, and his running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Kathee Burke - Gonzalez and Jeff Bragman, an
attorney, handily winning their bids for two seats
on the
town bo
town board.
Responding to Assistant U.S.
Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz's questions, Mei agreed it wasn't customary for Mangano, and Rob Walker, then Mangano's chief deputy, to be present for a discussion such as that
on April 28, 2010 at Venditto's campaign headquarters
on the
town guaranteeing loans for Singh.
Sinnreich writes in an April 25, 2010 email to Mei and then -
Town Attorney Leonard Genova: «The town remains on the hook if the money is missp
Town Attorney Leonard Genova: «The
town remains on the hook if the money is missp
town remains
on the hook if the money is misspent.
Marc Agnifilo of Manhattan questioned Singh about forging Venditto's signature
on a concession agreement amendment and the roles of Leonard Genova and Frederick Mei, then the
town's
attorney and deputy
attorney, in Singh's schemes.
The
town attorney's office recommended last month that the planning board amend the resolution granting Carolyn Snyder and her late husband, Harold, approval to divide seven acres behind the family's farm and stand
on Three Mile Harbor Road into four new commercial lots.
Letters exchanged between New Paltz
town supervisor Susan Zimet and Wilmorite
attorney Shawn Griffin shed light this week
on the tactics of the Rochester - based real estate corporation seeking to build a 732 - bed rental project
on a 50 - acre site adjacent to the SUNY New Paltz campus.
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.
So it would have been a characteristically bravura, publicity - grabbing touch if the U.S.
Attorney had chosen the end of last week to unveil a federal indictment of Mayor Bill de Blasio
on campaign - finance - related charges — while de Blasio was out of
town, jetting to Chicago and Fort Lauderdale and Beverly Hills raising money for his reelection campaign.
BINGHAMTON (WBNG)--
Town of Union Supervisor Rose Sotak has been indicted by a Broome County grand jury
on multiple charges, according to the Broome County District
Attorney's office.
On Thursday, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate will be in town on attorney general business, then attend a campaign fundraise
On Thursday, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate will be in
town on attorney general business, then attend a campaign fundraise
on attorney general business, then attend a campaign fundraiser.
Gaggles, informal question - and - answer sessions, have been rare in Albany as well: Cuomo last did one
on Feb. 8, the same day U.S.
Attorney Preet Bharara was in
town, where their paths crossed at the swearing in of Janet DiFiore as chief judge.
New York's chief administrative judge has suspended a Guilderland
town justice who was arrested last week
on felony charges accusing him of scheming with another
attorney to steal more than $ 4 million from the estates of people they had advised.
Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto said the
town has referred to the Nassau district
attorney's office allegations about possible eavesdropping
on town phone lines.
The group hosted a
town hall in Sunset Park
on Friday night in which activists and residents grilled Public Advocate Letitia James and acting Brooklyn District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez
on their positions
on broken windows, affordable housing, public housing and other police reform - oriented issues.
Town attorneys fear rule may be unprecedented and spark costly legal battles BY ROBERT KNIGHT City Editor A controversial and potentially landmark item
on the Orangetown
Town Board's agenda forTuesday, May 16 is expected to draw a large crowd and an extended debate.
NEW CITY — Rate - payers might be in for a costly surprise if United Water New York is allowed to increase rates in anticipation of their proposed desalination project, according to an
attorney retained by the
Town of Ramapo and a collection of other municipal bodies who spoke to the Rockland County Legislature's Environmental Committee
on Wednesday.