How is it that we allowed our town officials to replace our
retiring receiver of taxes without holding interviews and looking for the best candidate?
BY HEATHER BARR A candidate
for receiver of taxes in Orangetown, Chris Smith, guest bartended on Thursday, May 2 at Johnny's Smokehouse in Pearl River to raise money for George Bergerman Memorial Youth Fund.
Despite concerns over his residency, a candidate seeking to run for the Harrison
receiver of taxes position on the Republican line has gathered enough petitions to trigger a September primary.
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Hempstead town official: Avoid double - billing on taxes On Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, Hempstead
Town Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin is scheduled to urge property owners who prepaid their 2018 taxes to consult with their mortgage companies to avoid getting double - billed.
Smith explained, «The position
of receiver of taxes unnecessarily costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
A third registered Republican has told the Review he plans to run for
receiver of taxes in November, triggering a crowded field and likely primary for the seat.
The party previously screened Raymond Negron, a Mount Sinai attorney and Purple Heart recipient; John Kreutz,
deputy receiver of taxes in Brookhaven Town; Mattituck attorney Stephen Kiely; Southold Town Trustee Bob Ghosio; attorney Anthony Palumbo of New Suffolk; Bill Faulk of Manorville, a former Ed Romaine aide; and Southold Town Board member Chris Talbot.
On Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, Hempstead Town
Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin is scheduled to urge property owners who prepaid their 2018 taxes to consult with their mortgage companies to avoid getting double - billed.
Town Justice Claudia Andreassen and
Receiver of Taxes Suzi Filak, two appointees, successfully fended off Republican challenges Tuesday evening in
Republican sources also say
Brookhaven Receiver of Taxes Louis Marcoccia is the leading contender to replace LaValle for the GOP comptroller nod.
A candidate running for the locally
elected receiver of taxes position may not actually live in Harrison, the Review has learned.
In 2007, Slinkosky lost to Republican Virginia Allen in a run for Islip
receiver of taxes by 53 percent to 47 percent,
Since her unanimous appointment by the town board in June to succeed Mrs. Nau
as receiver of taxes, Suzi has already made cuts to her 2013 budget.
Approve allowing all elected town officials and department heads to attend the annual New York State Association of Towns four - day convention in Manhattan next month, at town expense,
with Receiver of Taxes Robert Simon designated as the town's official voting delegate.
Oddly, according to Giardiello, Kenny and
Receiver of Taxes Robert Simon, the property taxes on all four lots are paid up to date, although they could not verify at the Town Board meeting who in fact was making the payments.
An appellate court has reversed a decision by the Westchester County Board of Elections putting Michael Giordano back in the mix for the upcoming
Harrison receiver of taxes election.
Smith
said receiver of taxes would probably remain a full - time job for two years before becoming a part - time job and then merging into the clerk's office.
Leading candidates for the Republican Party's nomination to take on Gaughran in the fall are Brookhaven Supervisor Edward P. Romaine, Suffolk County Legislator John Kennedy Jr., New York State Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick and Brookhaven
Receiver of Taxes Lou Marcoccia.
There is support for the idea among the Orangetown Town Board, but what
longtime receiver of taxes Bob Simon thinks remains to be seen.
Michael Giordano, 55, said he will seek to replace
incumbent receiver of taxes Nancy Masi, who plans to retire when her current -LSB-...]
Giordano said that he had first considered running for
receiver of taxes last time the seat was up for election in 2013.
In a hotly
contested receiver of taxes race in Harrison, the Westchester County Board of Elections has ruled that candidate Michael Giordano will not be able to force a Republican Party primary ballot in September after finding his petitions invalid.
Here's the schedule: Town Justice (7 - 7:30 p.m.): Claudia Andressen and Kenneth Gilligan 7 - 8:05
p.m. Receiver of Taxes, Cheryl DeForest and Suzi Filak 8:15 p.m. - 9: 30 p.m. NY Assembly District 102.
Some in the party, the sources said, support O'Connell, a former assemblywoman who is completing her third term as clerk, while others back Hempstead Town
Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin.
The Orangetown
Receiver of Taxes indicated he has no control over the descriptions of those lines as it comes from the County Executive Office and the «State and County» taxes line does include only County Taxes.
Moreover, simple math and a reasonable memory will tell one that few if any jobs have been cut through layoffs or elimination to save money for the Town or the taxpayers during Mr. Gromacks» tenure with the exception of Lorretta Raimone and her staff that were eliminated through the merger of the Clerk and
Receivers of Taxes office.
The GOP has screened a number of candidates, including Southold Councilman Chris Talbot, former Ed Romaine aide Bill Faulk of Manorville, Southold Trustee Bob Ghosio, Mattituck attorney Stephen Kiely, New Suffolk attorney Anthony Palumbo, Mount Sinai attorney Raymond Negron and John Kreutz, Brookhaven Town
deputy receiver of taxes.
Town Justice Claudia Andreassen and
Receiver of Taxes Suzi Filak, two appointees, successfully fended off Republican challenges Tuesday evening in their first election.
In what has become the most contested political battle in the town / village of Harrison this year, there are now four candidates seeking the elected
receiver of taxes position, as business manager Helen Pesce has announced plans to run as an independent.
• Proposed consolidation
of Receiver of Taxes with Town Clerk's Office, saving taxpayers over $ 400,000 annually
Unofficial results last week showed Republican incumbents in Oyster Bay won all three open board member offices, town clerk, and
receiver of taxes by comfortable margins.
The GOP, which holds every seat in Stony Point except town clerk, nominated incumbent Frank Phillips for another term as town justice and Kathy Lyons for another term
as receiver of taxes.
Town of Hempstead
Receiver of Taxes Donald X. Clavin Jr. said on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, he will ask the state to reimburse his office for costs incurred when Long Islanders rushed in December to prepay their 2018 property taxes.
Unopposed town officials seeking re-election are Lisa Stanley running on the Democrat, Republican, and Conservative lines for town clerk; Julie Dunn running on the Democrat, Republican, and Independence lines for
town receiver of taxes; Douglas Myer running on the Democrat, Republican, Conservative and Independence lines for superintendent of highways, and Daniel Lamb running on the Republican, Conservative, and Independence lines for town justice.
FROM CHRIS SMITH FOR TAX RECEIVER Chris Smith, a candidate for
Orangetown Receiver of Taxes, has released a reform action plan that he will enact when elected.
Two registered Republicans have announced their candidacies
for receiver of taxes, and have each secured the endorsement of separate parties.
Among the changes proposed is moving Deery, whose $ 205,000 annual salary makes him the town's highest - paid active employee, to serve as the «confidential assistant to
the receiver of taxes» with the same salary.
The young «up - and - coming» Democrat noted that in many counties the clerk of the town already is
the receiver of taxes and there is no reason Clerk Charlotte Madigan's office can not handle it in Orangetown.
She is the sister of Donald Clavin Jr., Hempstead Town's
receiver of taxes.
Among the personnel matters, the board voted 5 - 2 to transfer town spokesman Mike Deery to the Office of
the Receiver of Taxes, where he will continue to draw his $ 205,000 salary as the confidential assistant to the receiver of taxes.
The GOP had screened a number of candidates, including Southold Councilman Chris Talbot, former Ed Romaine aide Bill Faulk of Manorville, Southold Trustee Bob Ghosio, Mattituck attorney Stephen Kiely, Mount Sinai attorney Raymond Negron and John Kreutz, Brookhaven Town deputy
receiver of taxes.
Therefore, until a thorough business plan is developed, as they did with the consolidation of
the Receiver of Taxes» office with the Town Clerk's office, that shows the pros and cons of consolidation with the specific expenses and savings delineated, the Clarkstown Taxpayers can not endorse the consolidation of the three town garages at this time.
Chris Smith, a candidate for
receiver of taxes, has been advocating the change for over a year -LSB-...]
Chris Smith, a candidate for
receiver of taxes, has been advocating the change for over a year now and was at the meeting to speak in favor of this.
The Orangetown Town Board passed a resolution unanimously to put a referendum on the November ballot to abolish
the Receiver of Taxes Office and merge it with the Town Clerk Office, which they hope will save taxpayers money.