All of the accused entered not - guilty pleas, with the exception of former town
planning and development commissioner Frederick Ippolito, who is dead.
Last week, Genova and Timothy Zike, Oyster Bay's deputy
planning and development commissioner, explained how it all got done.
Newsday has reported that sources said others in the indictment include Frank Antetomaso, 77, of Massapequa, the town's former public works commissioner; and Frederick Ippolito, the town's former
planning and development commissioner who died this month at age 78, after the special grand jury's vote.
Frederick Ippolito, Oyster Bay's then -
planning and development commissioner, negotiated with a contractor's family on behalf of the town at the same time that he was accepting money from the contractor's family trust, court and town documents show.
Also Wednesday, Timothy Zike, Oyster Bay's deputy
planning and development commissioner, testified that no variances were obtained for the expansion of a building at 329 Broadway or the eradication of the parking area — a violation of town code.
Ippolito, who served as the town's
planning and development commissioner since 2009, pleaded guilty to one felony count of income tax evasion, admitting in federal court Tuesday that he knowingly submitted a false tax return.
One of the indictments alleges Carlo Lizza and Lizza family members paid bribes to former and now deceased
planning and development commissioner Frederick Ippolito to secure contracts, the rezoning of land and the sale of property at 50 Engel St. in Hicksville.
Ippolito, 78, of Syosset, died last year while serving a 27 - month prison sentence after pleading guilty in January 2016 to evading taxes in connection with $ 2 million in outside consulting fees he received while working as the town's
planning and development commissioner.
Not exact matches
HOFFMAN ESTATES — The Hoffman Estates Park District Board of
Commissioners on Tuesday night approved
plans for a 16.5 - acre park in the Ryland Homes
development west of Beverly Road
and south of Shoe Factory Road.
It is marketing the three - bedroom, two - bath homes, a Chicago Department of
Planning and Development project manager told
commissioners.
Mitchell Silver, chief of
planning and development for Raleigh, N.C., has been named parks
commissioner.
Her professional experience includes positions as director of the Office of
Planning and Economic
Development for the city of Bridgeport; deputy dmmissioner of the Westchester County
Planning Department; assistant
commissioner at the New York State Division of Housing
and Community Renewal; director of Community
Development Programs for the city of Stamford;
and as CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
And, Keating said, Mei managed to do so — by getting Singh to talk about buying a restaurant from Frederick Ippolito, Oyster Bay's then - commissioner of planning and economic developme
And, Keating said, Mei managed to do so — by getting Singh to talk about buying a restaurant from Frederick Ippolito, Oyster Bay's then -
commissioner of
planning and economic developme
and economic
development.
It was on a document related to a building at 329 Broadway in Bethpage, which, before 2011 was owned by Mangano — although the witness, Timothy Zike, Oyster Bay's deputy
commissioner of
planning and development, said he did not know of Mangano's ownership.
Molly Park, the Housing Preservation
and Development agency's deputy
commissioner who filed the construction
plans, did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.
The
commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation
and Development is leaving, Mayor Bloomberg announced Friday, meaning a new housing chief will oversee the final phase of the city's 11 - year affordable housing
plan.
«As
commissioner of housing preservation
and development in New York City, Shaun has led the effort to create the largest housing
plan in the nation, helping hundreds of thousands of our citizens buy or rent their homes,» Obama said.
«We support the project, we support job creation, we support investment,» said Ron Hicks, the county's deputy
commissioner of strategic
planning and development.
Ben Walsh, an independent candidate
and former Syracuse deputy
commissioner of neighborhood
and business
development, said he
plans to get funding through any means, whether it's state, federal or other available funding.
Four others received raises of $ 19,000:
Commissioner of
Planning and Development Elizabeth «Leslie» Maccarone, whose salary is now $ 143,173; Comptroller Steven Ballas, who was hired in August and is now paid $ 139,000; Public Works Commissioner Richard Lenz, who was hired in February and whose new salary is $ 136,600; and Timothy Zike, deputy commissioner of planning and development, whose salary went up to $
Planning and Development Elizabeth «Leslie» Maccarone, whose salary is now $ 143,173; Comptroller Steven Ballas, who was hired in August and is now paid $ 139,000; Public Works Commissioner Richard Lenz, who was hired in February and whose new salary is $ 136,600; and Timothy Zike, deputy commissioner of planning and development, whose salary went up to
Development Elizabeth «Leslie» Maccarone, whose salary is now $ 143,173; Comptroller Steven Ballas, who was hired in August
and is now paid $ 139,000; Public Works
Commissioner Richard Lenz, who was hired in February
and whose new salary is $ 136,600;
and Timothy Zike, deputy
commissioner of
planning and development, whose salary went up to $
planning and development, whose salary went up to
development, whose salary went up to $ 112,159.
DiTullo replaces Ronald Hicks, who was recently appointed as deputy
commissioner for strategic
planning and economic
development in Dutchess County.
That view was reinforced by two
developments last week: Cuomo's aides proposed a new energy
plan for the state's future that, unlike previous
plans, made no mention of fracking in the Southern Tier,
and Cuomo himself named former New York City Councilman James Gennaro, a fierce fracking opponent, as a deputy
commissioner at Martens» environmental agency.
The Governor's Airport Advisory Panel is charged with producing recommendations on redesigns
and modernization for our region's airports,
and is comprised of the following appointees by the Governor: Amanda Burden, former
commissioner of the New York City Department of City
Planning; Tony Collins, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic
Development Council; Jose Gomez - Ibanez, Professor of Urban
Planning and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government
and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; DanTishman, CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation; Jacqueline Snyder, former head of the New York City Public Design Commission; John Zuccotti, co-chair of Brookfield Office Properties.
The county's Labor
commissioner, along with the
Planning Department
and the Office of Housing
and Community
Development will report to the deputy county executive for economic d
Development will report to the deputy county executive for economic
developmentdevelopment.
The comments in some ways echoed remarks by Vicki Been, the mayor's
commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation
and Development, who told a critic of the plan earlier this month that you «don't stop developm
Development, who told a critic of the
plan earlier this month that you «don't stop
developmentdevelopment.»
The
commissioner may request a copy of the professional
development plan for review
and may recommend changes to the
plan to meet the learning needs of the students in the school district or BOCES.
A coalition of happy farmers, county
commissioners, local chambers of commerce,
and economic
development officials — all Republicans, of course — refused to go along with the
plan to stop one of the few bright spots in a declining rural economy.
You must appear before town
planning staff, then
planning board, then town
commissioners,
and it all takes time,
and they often want things such as road widening improvements in the area of your
development, contributions to the cost of street lights, they want impact fees,
and if schools are overcrowded they may make your project next to impossible.