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MULTIPLE NEWS REPORTS >>> LONG ISLAND PUBLIC RECORDS >>> POLICE MUG SHOT: Stephanie Kalan of Old Bethpage Caught by Nassau County Police Department in Massapequa Park in Possession of THC, Cocaine, Pills


Stephanie Kalan’s mug shot photo, released by authorities in Massapequa Park, which is is an incorporated village located within the southern portion of the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York.

https://about.me/stephanie-kalan

Massapequa Park Roundup

Published by dlvr.it · April 30, 2018  · 

The article appeared in

Long Island New York Guide to Hotels, Events, Restaurants, News and more

And

NBCNEWYORK.COM

Sleeping Teacher’s Aide Among 91 Busted in New NY Drug Push

Please Note: Ian Danby has offered to be contacted and to view the certificate of disposition, via Facebook messenger, and given a contact number at 516.897.8419

Ian Danby

Ian Darby

Business Owner/Engineer at Cybernet LLC, Owner at GYG Associates LTD and Ski Instructor at Maximum Tours

“Ian Darby” writes….

I am making a request on behalf of Stepanie D Kaplan who is (sic) suffereing damaging costs to her career due to the posts on this website from April 2018.

I am in (sic) posession of the certificate of disposition detailing dismissed charges pertaining to an arrest made on 3/7/18.

I would be grateful if you would remove the two posts dated April 30, 2018


Also A Facebook Account entitled “Lauren Nlson (Big Deal)” Wrote

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenNlsonOfficial

Hello, It is in bad taste to have articles that at the end of the day were falsely reported and misleading.

Every news/media platform removed the last two articles you posted due to the information being false and defamatory.

I’m sure you wouldn’t like it if something like this happened to yourself or someone you cared about.

You are not active and that was the last thing you posted and due to your posts you’re obstructing someone from being able to move on with their life.

What happened to this girl was a complete injustice and down right wrong. The articles are dead links as well.

I hope you decide to do what is right in this situation and remove your last 2 posts.

Have a little bit of a conscience and understanding.

Thank you…..

And

Ktee Parks Posted On The Massapequa Park Roundup Facebook Page



Ktee Parks posted on the Massapequa Park Roundup Facebook Page:

“Whoever is running this page you are going to be subpoenaed to court and sued if you do not remove the defamatory content on your page. You are causing a lot of damage to someone’s reputation and life.”


Ktee Parks Also Seems To Be Very Upset At The The North Shore Leader And Writes…

“This so called local news outlet is filled with such nonsense, biased and uninformed journalism. The journalists are biased and not professional. How can you believe anything anymore when people who are supposed to be reporting facts only report half ass stories and propaganda. Ridiculous!”

https://www.facebook.com/northshoreleaderonline


After months and months of harassment and threats from multiple friends and fake Facebook accounts associated with Stephanie Kalan, the admin of the Massapequa Park Roundup page removed the post and highly advises other to avoid Stephanie Kalan and those associated with her.


IN CONCLUSION: Sadly Massapequa Appears To Have A Sever Drug Problems That Often Involve Federal Prosecutors And It Is A Shame That Some Want To Hide This Issue From The Public’s View And Discussion….

PRESS RELEASE

Dentist and TOBAY Worker Charged in 136-Count Indictment for Opioid Prescription Scheme

November 18, 2022

… home address in Farmingdale and a dental office address in Massapequa, was arraigned before Judge Helene Gugerty today … November 2006 and operates an office at 690 Broadway in Massapequa.    During the course of an investigation into a …

PRESS RELEASE

Man Sentenced to Prison for Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Related Death of Massapequa Woman

September 13, 2022

… Prison for Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Related Death of Massapequa Woman September 13, 2022 New York New York … 13, 2020 that caused the death of a 21-year old woman from Massapequa, New York. Riddick pleaded guilty on January 28, … and caused the death of a 21-year-old female victim from Massapequa. Defendant Riddick infected our neighborhoods …

PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking

January 28, 2022

… Admitted to Causing the Overdose Death of a 21-Year-Old Massapequa Woman CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – Earlier today, at the … 13, 2020 that caused the death of a 21-year old resident of Massapequa, New York. As part of his guilty plea, Riddick … to the victim, who suffered a fatal overdose at a motel in Massapequa the following morning. A review of the victim’s …

PRESS RELEASE

Thirty-Six People Indicted For Their Roles In Nassau And Suffolk Heroin Ring That Operated Along Rte. 110

April 04, 2017

… Amityville, N.Y. Damien Winbush aka “Big Bank,” 34, of Massapequa, N.Y. Cashawn Winbush aka “Tre,” 31, of …

PRESS RELEASE

Investigation Of Fentanyl-Heroin Distribution Network Results In 24 Arrests

July 28, 2016

… Attorney: Harry Tilis Guillermo (DOB: 10/17/89) Camp Rd, Massapequa, NY – Operating as a Major Trafficker Conspiracy … Legal Aid Society Elizabeth (DOB: 12/31/89) Camp Rd, Massapequa, NY – Conspiracy 2nd Criminal Possession of a …

SALARIES: St. John’s Riverside Hospital – Officers, directors and trustees in Yonkers, NY

Photo of St. John's Riverside Hospital In Yonkers, NY
The highest-paid St John’s Riverside Hospital Officers, directors and trustees working in 2017. To be included, individuals must have been employed at this tax-exempt organization that filled out a Form 990 for 2017. The lists include officers, trustees, directors and employees reported by each institution.
TitleCash
Compensation
Ronald Cortipresident
and
chief executive		$792,712
Donna McGregorexecutive
vice president
and chief
operating officer		$517,168
Dennis Keanevice president,
finance,
and chief
financial officer		$480,707
Paul Antonecchia, M.D.vice president,
medical affairs,
and chief
medical officer		$438,431
Brian Kaleyvice president,
behavioral health
services		$284,373
Tara Curtinvice president,
nursing		$226,780
Gladys Attanasioassistant
vice president,
revenue cycle		$214,567
Fran Davisvice president,
nursing		$181,441
Laura Fanningassistant
vice president,
surgical services		$171,659
Michael Schreiber, M.D.former
chief of staff		$165,227
Susan Franzinoassistant
vice president,
ancillary services		$158,283

NEW FOIL WEBSITE: New York launches single web form for all Freedom of Information Law requests

Screenshot of New York's new transparency website
New York launches single web form for all Freedom of Information Law requests for 59 state agencies, that previously required sending emails or letters to each agency individually.

Transparency laws have always been a bit two-faced — they make the government’s information available, but often at the expense of time and money  from the person seeking it. A new website announced by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday could go a long way to reverse that trend, providing a single form for making state Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL, requests across the 59 state government agencies.

The website is called Open FOIL NY and the governor’s office says it’s the first site in the nation to provide an online form allowing users to select multiple agencies for a single request. If the website succeeds, it could provide a more convenient option than the current process for FOIL requests in New York, which is to mail or email the “records access officer” of each agency. And the answer to how much a requests costs is usually, ” it depends .”

The website is an addition to a relatively expansive transparency portfolio led by the state’s Office of Information Technology Services, or ITS. Open NY contains a growing host of transparency initiatives that includes an open data portal , health data portal , and budget portal .

New York’s chief information officer, Robert Samson, said in a press release that the new website is another example of how the state is “employing modern practices to promote efficiency and transparency.”

Beyond the public portal, the governor’s office has also announced plans to roll out new software, developed by ITS, that improves both the state’s backend for records requests and the public user experience.

New software that state agencies can use to process public records requests more easily will roll out over the next 12 months, according to the governor’s office. Agency websites will also be updated for “a more user-friendly interface” and to ensure consistency across agencies. An online tracking system, scheduled for launch in 2019, will provide users an account-based interface for submitting, tracking and receiving digital records.

In 2015, the Center for Public Integrity gave New York state a D-minus grade for transparency and accountability, though the grade derives heavily from an “unending string of scandals” and opaque accountability processes in Albany, and not explicitly from a shortage of freely available datasets.

In many states, making freedom-of-information requests remains a frustrating process with inconsistent results. Several third-party tools have been developed to overcome the problem, such as FOIA Machine, but these frequently are poorly supported and likewise have inconsistent results.

Cuomo says the state’s new website, though, will build on the success of Open NY and take a “giant leap forward, bringing the Freedom of Information Law into the 21st century.”

NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 35 — Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) Westchester

Photo of New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrea Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins represents District 35 in the New York State Senate. She serves as the body’s Majority Leader 

Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D, IP, WP)

Senate Majority Leader
35th Senate District
District 35 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @AndreaSCousins

District Office

28 Wells Avenue, Building #3
Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone: (914) 423-4031
Fax: (914) 423-0979

Albany Office

188 State Street Room 907, Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: (518) 455-2585
Fax: (518) 426-6811

Committee Membership

Andrea Stewart-Cousins is the first woman in the history of New York State to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature .

Ms. Stewart-Cousins was first elected to the New York State Senate in 2006.

Prior to her Senate service, Stewart-Cousins was a Westchester County Legislator from 1996 to 2006.

After the Democratic Party won an outright Senate majority in the 2018 elections, Stewart-Cousins became Majority Leader in January 2019.

Stewart-Cousins first ran for New York State Senate in 2004, but was defeated by 18 votes by incumbent Republican Sen. Nicholas Spano.

In 2006, she challenged Nick Spano again and defeated him.

As of 2019, Senate District 35 includes all of Greenburgh and Scarsdale and portions of Yonkers, White Plains and New Rochelle .

Stewart-Cousins was born in 1951 in Yonkers, New York. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Pace University and her teaching credentials in Business Education from Lehman College.

She received her Masters of Public Administration from Pace University in May 2008 and is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha, the public administration honor society.

She spent twenty years in the private sector, including thirteen years in sales and marketing with New York Telephone.

She also pursued a career in journalism and teaching before entering public service.

Stewart-Cousins’s public service career began in 1992, when she was appointed as the Director of Community Affairs in the City of Yonkers.

Stewart-Cousins was married to the late Thomas Cousins.

She has three children and four grandchildren



NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 37 — Shelley Mayer (D) Westchester

Photo of New York State Senator Shelley Mayer
Shelley Mayer is a Democratic member of the New York State Senate representing the 37th Senate District, which includes portions of Westchester County. Formerly a member of the New York State Assembly, Mayer was first elected in a special election in 2018

Shelley Mayer (D)

Chair of Committee on Education

37th Senate District
District 37 Map

Contact Information

Email
Website
Facebook
Twitter @ShelleyBMayer

Distrtict Office

222 Grace Church Street, Suite 300
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone: 914-934-5250
Fax: 914-934-5256

Albany Office

Legislative Office Building, Room 615Albany, NY 12247Phone: 518-455-2031

Fax: 518-426-6860

Commitee Membership

Born and raised in Yonkers, Shelley Mayer earned B.A. at University of California, Los Angeles, and later her J.D. at the University at Buffalo Law School.

Prior to her election to public office, Mayer was a Senior Counsel at the National State Attorney General Program at Columbia University, where she focused on health care and labor law rights.

From 2007 until early 2011, Shelley worked as Chief Counsel to the New York State Senate Conference in Albany.

For over seven years, she served as Vice President of Government and Community Affairs at Continuum Health Partners in New York City.

From 1982 to 1994, Mayer served as an Assistant Attorney General in the office of New York Attorney General Bob Abrams.

In 2006, Mayer made her first run for public office, losing a bid for the New York State Assembly to incumbent Republican Mike Spano, who later became the mayor of Yonkers.

Mayer was first elected to the New York State Assembly on March 20, 2012, in a special election to succeed Mike Spano, and was re-elected three times.

Mayer was elected to the State Senate in a special election held on April 24, 2018 after the office was vacated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Mayer appeared on the Democratic, Working Families, and Women’s Equality Party lines and won by a margin of 57% to 43%.

Mayer lives in Yonkers with her husband, Lee Smith, with whom she has three adult children.

In 2018, despite the district being deemed competitive by pundits, Mayer was unopposed for a full-term. With Democrats retaking the majority.

The state Senate’s 37th District had long been a target of state Republicans, who’ve spent big in consecutive elections trying to pry the seat from Democrats

Active registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 83,194 to 52,544 in the district.

The 37th District includes parts of Yonkers, White Plains and New Rochelle as well as Bedford, North Castle, Harrison, Rye and Mamaroneck.

NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 34 — Alessandra Biaggi (D) Bronx, Westchester

Photo of NYS Senator Alessandra Biaggi
Alessandra Biaggi (born c. 1986) is an American politician in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party, she is Senator for the 34th District of the New York State Senate, which includes portions of Bronxand Westchester Counties.

Alessandra Biaggi (D)

Chair of Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance

34th Senate District
District 34 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @SenatorBiaggi
District Office

1250 Waters Place, Suite 1202
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 822-2049

Albany Office

Legislative Office Building, Room 905
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-3595

Committee Membership

Alessandra Biaggi was born in Mount Vernon, New York.

She is the granddaughter of late congressman Mario Biaggi.

Mario Biaggi was a U.S. Representative from New York (served from 1969 to 1988) and former New York City police officer.

He was elected as a Democrat from The Bronx in New York City. In 1987 and 1988, he was convicted in two separate corruption trials, and he resigned from Congress in 1988.

Alessandra Biaggi graduated from Pelham Memorial High School, New York University, and Fordham Law School, where she was a member of the Fordham Law Review.

In 2014, she attended the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University.

Alessandra Biaggi lives in Pelham, NY, where she was born and raised.

She’s been active in politics for over a decade

Alessandra Biaggi interned in the offices of Congressman Joseph Crowley, the Kings County District Attorney, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and worked as Assistant General Counsel for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office of Storm Recovery.

She most recently served as counsel in Governor Cuomo’s Counsels Office, and as a member of the Governor’s executive clemency team.

During the 2016 presidential election, Biaggi served as Deputy National Operations Director for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

On January 24, 2018, Biaggi announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for New York State Senate in District 34 against incumbent Jeffrey D. Klein, the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference.

Biaggi defeated Klein in what amounted to a major upset.

Senate District 34 covers the Riverdale, Pelham Bay, Throggs Neck, City Island, Morris Park, Middletown, Hart Island, Hunts Point, Eastchester, parts of Castle Hill and parts of Westchester Square. 

NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 36 — Jamaal Bailey (D) Bronx, Westchester

Jamaal Bailey (D)

Photo of New York State Senator Jamaal Bailey
Jamaal Bailey is the Senator for the 36th District of the New York Senate. He is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Baychester, Bedford Park, Country Club, Eastchester, Fordham, Morris Park, Parkchester, Riverdale, Tremont, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, and Woodlawn in the Bronx as well as Mount Vernon in Westchester County.

Chairman of Committee on Codes

36th Senate District
District 36 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @jamaaltbailey

District Office

959 East 233rd St.
Bronx, NY 10466-3207
Phone 718-547-8854

Albany Office

Legislative Office Building Room 707
Albany, NY 12247
Phone 518-455-2061

Committee Membership

Jamaal Bailey was born and raised in the Bronx where he attended New York City Public Schools, including P.S. 83 in Morris Park. He would later attend the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, and later yet the University at Albany. Bailey received his juris-doctorate from the CUNY School of Law.

A protege of New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Bailey began his political career as an intern in Heastie’s office. 

In mid 2016, state Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson resigned from her seat to take a position with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Bailey ran in the state primary to replace her.

Against four other Democratic candidates, Bailey would win an outright majority of the vote with over 55%.

Much of his success was attributed to both his roots in the district, as well as the strong support given by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

Heastie’s district covers a portion of the same area of the Bronx.

Bailey won a second term unopposed in 2018. With Democrats taking the majority in the Senate,

Bailey is married with two daughters.

NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 38 — David Carlucci (D) Rockland, Westchester

David Carlucci is a member of the New York State Senate representing the 38th district, which includes all of Rockland County and parts of Westchester County. A Democrat, Carlucci was a member of the state’s Independent Democratic Conference from its formation in 2011 until its 2018 dissolution

David Carlucci (D)

Chairman of Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

38th Senate District
District 38 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @davidcarlucci

District Office

2 Church Street
Ossining, NY 10562
Phone: 914-941-2041
Fax: 914-941-2054

Albany Office

81 State Street
509 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2991
Fax: 518-426-6737

Committee Membership

Carlucci was born in Clarkstown, New York on April 3, 1981 and raised in Rockland County. He graduated from Clarkstown High School North. He graduated from Rockland Community College in 2000 and Cornell University in 2002, with a B.S. in Industrial Labor Relations.

After graduating from Cornell, Carlucci worked as a financial planner for American Express from 2002 to 2003 and later worked in Congressman Eliot Engel‘s office as a staff assistant from 2004 to 2005.

He then was elected as town clerk for the community of Clarkstown.

In 2010, Carlucci announced that he would run for the state Senate against incumbent Republican Senator Thomas Morahan. However, a few months prior to the 2010 general elections, Morahan died.

Facing a replacement Republican on the ballot, Carlucci beat out Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef 53% to 47%.[7] He has never faced another credible general election challenger.

On January 5, 2011, David Carlucci entered into the Senate and formed the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), with three other Democratic senators, Jeffrey D. Klein, Diane Savino, and David J. Valesky.

In 2013, the IDC and the Senate Republicans announced a majority coalition agreement.

In April 2018, the IDC was dissolved and Carlucci joined the Senate Democratic Conference.

In the 2018 Democratic Primary, Carlucci defeated Julie Goldberg by a 54% to 46% margin becoming one of only two former IDC members, along with Diane Savino, to defeat primary challengers.

Carlucci is married to Lauren Grossberg Carlucci. The two had their first child in 2013. He lives in the Town of Clarkstown, New York.


NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 40 — Pete Harckham (D) Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester

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Peter “Pete” Harckham is the state senator for the 40th district of the New York State Senate. A Democrat, Harckham was first elected in 2018, defeating incumbent Terrence Murphy. The district includes parts of Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties in the Hudson Valley

Pete Harckham (D)

Chairman of Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

40th Senate District
District 40 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @SenatorHarckham

District Office 

40 Gleneida Avenue3rd FloorCarmel, NY 10512(845) 225-3025

Temporary Westchester Office

(914) 241-4600

Albany Office

188 State Street
Room 812
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-3111
Fax: 518-426-6977

Committee Membership

Peter Harckham grew up in the Hudson Valley, residing in Rockland County for most of his childhood.

He attended Clarkstown High School North, before attending Dickinson College, where he graduated in English.

Harckham began his career in the advertising sector.

Prior to elected office, Harckham served as President for a not for profit housing corporation that builds affordable housing in northern Westchester County.

Prior to that, Harckham served as Vice Chair of the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, a San Francisco based private foundation that supports the sustainable management of natural resources.

In 2007, Harckham was first elected to the Westchester County Board of Legislators, winning again in 2009, 2011, and 2013.

He served for four terms as a county legislator, including two terms as Democratic Majority Leader.

He ran unsuccessfully for the New York State Assembly in a 2010 special election.

In 2015 he left the legislature to work in the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as assistant director of the Office of Community Renewal. In that position he helped administer grants in the lower Hudson Valley.

In 2018, Harckham ran against incumbent Republican state Senator Terrence Murphy, who had represented the seat since 2015.

In an overwhelmingly Democratic year, Harckham defeated Murphy, 51% to 49%.

Harckham’s campaign site

CABLE TV: “Yonkers Newswire” Editor Brian Harrod Interviewed #PeteHarckham on the “Westchester County Roundup” Cable TV Show That Airs On Altice’s #Cablevision And Verizion’s #FIOS today.

PUBLIC ACCESS TV: Former Westchester County Legislature Majority Leader #PeterHarckham is a candidate for NYS Senate in District 40, which covers Westchester and a big chunk of the #HudsonValley

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 88 — Amy Paulin (D)

Photo of Amy Paulin
Amy Paulin (born November 29, 1955) was elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2000. 

Amy Paulin (D)

District 88
District 88 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @AmyPaulin

District Office

700 White Plains Rd., Suite 252
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone (914) 723-1115
Fax (914) 723-2665

Albany Office

LOB 713
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5585
Fax (518) 455-5409

Committee Membership
  • Committee on Energy (Chair)
  • Committee on Rules
  • Committee on Education
  • Committee on Health
  • Committee on Higher Education
  • Task Force on Women’s Issues
  • Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force

Amy Paulin earned her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and her M.A. in Criminal Justice from State University of New York at Albany.

Her professional experience includes working as an executive director of My Sisters’ Place and as a fund-raising consultant for nonprofit agencies.

On November 4, 2008, Paulin won re-election to the New York State Assembly, District 88, defeating opponent Anthony Pilla (R).

In 2010, Paulin ran unopposed in the September 14 Democratic primary. She defeated Rene Atayan (R) in the general election on November 2.

In addition to running on the Democratic ticket, she was also listed as a candidate of the Independence Party of New York State and Working Families Party.

Incumbent Paulin ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 88. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. She also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets.

She was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Once again incumbent Amy Paulin defeated Anthony Decintio Jr. in the New York State Assembly District 88 general election in 2016 and in 2018 she faced no republican opposition.

Paulin resides in Scarsdale with her husband, Ira Schuman. They have three children, Beth, Sarah, and Joseph.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 89 — J. Gary Pretlow (D)

Photo of Assemblyman Gary Pretlow
James Gary Pretlow was born August 27, 1949 in Queens, New York and is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 89th Assembly District that covers Mount Vernon and Yonkers.

Gary Pretlow (D)

District 89
District 89 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @jgpretlow
District Office

6 Gramatan Ave. , Suite 201
Vernon, NY 10550
Phone (914) 667-0127
Fax (914) 667-0209

Albany Office

LOB 845
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5291
Fax (518) 455-5447

Committee Membership
  • Chair, Committee on Racing and Wagering
  • Committee on Codes
  • Committee on Insurance
  • Committee on Rules
  • Committee on Ways and Means
  • Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus

Gary Pretlow was first elected in 1992,

Before being elected to the Assembly, he served on the Mount Vernon City Council.

Mr. Pretlow is best known for chairing the Assembly Committee on Racing and Wagering.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 90 — Nader Sayegh

Photo of Nader J. Sayegh
Nader J. Sayegh, a resident of Yonkers for over 60 years, grew up with seven siblings on the southwest side of the city, which was ethnically and racially diverse.

Nader J. Sayegh (D)

District 90
District 90 Map

Contact Information

Website

Facebook

Twitter@NaderJSayegh

District Office

35 East Grassy Sprain Rd.
406B
Yonkers, NY 10710
914-779-8805

Fax: 914 779-8859

Albany Office

LOB 326
Albany, NY 12248
518 455 3662
Fax: 455-5499

Committee Membership
  • Committee on Banks
  • Committee on Cities
  • Committee on Energy
  • Committee on Health
  • Committee on Real Property Taxation
  • Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus

Nader Sayegh earned a BA from CUNY Lehman College, an MA from Farleigh Dickinson University and Fordham University, and a J.D. from Pace University School of Law. His professional experience includes working as an educator and attorney.

Sayegh ran in the 2018 election as a DemocrtaicParty, Working Families Party, Women’s Equality Party, Independence Party, Reform Party, and Green Party candidate.

Sayegh defeated Joe Pinion (R) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 90 on November 6, 2018.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 91 — Steven Otis (D)

Photo of Assemblyman Steven Otis
Steven Otis is an American politician from the state of New York. He is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 91st district. He is a member of the Democratic Party

Steven Otis (D)

District 91
District 91 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @SteveOtis91
District Office

222 Grace Church Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone (914) 939-7028
Fax (914) 939-7167

Albany Office

LOB 325
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-4897

Committee Membership
  • Committee on Education
  • Committee on Local Governments
  • Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
  • Committee on Environmental Conservation
  • Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
  • Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
  • Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force

Otis served as chief of staff to State SenatorSuzi Oppenheimer, and mayor of Rye, New York, from 1998 through 2009, when he was defeated for reelection by Douglas French.

When Assemblyman George S. Latimer chose to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Oppenheimer in the 2012 elections rather than seek reelection, Otis chose to run for Latimer’s seat

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 92 — Thomas J. Abinanti (D)

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Thomas J. Abinanti is an American politician, lawyer, and member of the New York State Assembly from Greenburgh, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Abinanti was elected to the State Assembly in 2010 to replace Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, and represents central Westchester County

Thomas J. Abinanti (D)

District 92
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Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @TomAbinanti

District Office

303 South Broadway, Suite 229
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone (914) 631-1605
Fax (914) 631-1609

Albany Office

LOB 744
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5753

Committee Membership
  • Chair, Commission on Government Administration
  • Committee on Health
  • Committee on Codes
  • Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
  • Committee on Election Law
  • Committee on Environmental Conservation

Born in Brooklyn, Abinanti graduated from Xaverian High School in 1964. He received a B.A. degree in political science from Fordham College in 1968 and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1972.

Abinanti moved to Westchester in 1975 and has lived in Greenburgh ever since, where he is a practicing attorney and served two terms as Greenburgh Town Councilman (1980–1984 and 1990–1991).

Abinanti has taught continuing legal education courses for Pace Law School and courses in state and local government as an adjunct professor at Mercy College.

Abinanti was legislative counsel to a Congresswoman and staff counsel the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and various Assembly committees. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the villages of Ardsley and Dobbs Ferry.

For almost twenty years (1992–2010), he represented the 12th District on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, which included the villages of Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Ardsley, and much of unincorporated Greenburgh, including East Irvington, Central Greenburgh, Hartsdale and Edgemont, until his election to the State Assembly in November 2010.

On the County Board, he previously served as Majority Leader for three terms when the Democrats first assumed the majority on the Board for the first time in the history of the Westchester Legislature.

The 92nd District of the State Assembly which Abinanti represents includes the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Tarrytown, and Sleepy Hollow, as well as parts of the Village of Briarcliff and the City of Yonkers.

In 1996, Abinanti was defeated in a run for the 35th District of the New York State Senate against the incumbent Republican State Senator Nicholas A. Spano.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 93 — David Buchwald (D)

The 93rd Assembly District represented by Assemblyman Buchwald combines leafy suburbs, traditional small town main streets and many of the parts of White Plains that make it the fastest-growing city in New York State

David Buchwald (D)

District 93
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Contact Information

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Twitter@DavidBuchwald

District Office

100 S. Bedford Rd., Suite 150
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Phone (914) 244-4450

Albany Office

LOB 331
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5397

Committee Membership
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Election Day Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement
  • Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
  • Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
  • Committee on Election Law
  • Committee on Governmental Operations
  • Committee on Judiciary
  • Committee on Local Governments
  • Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force

David Buchwald was born in Larchmont, New York. He attended Yale University, where he received a B.S. in physics. He later went on to receive a M.P.P. at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Before running for New York State Assembly, Buchwald worked at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He also interned for Congresswoman Nita Lowey.

Buchwald was first elected in 2012 when he unseated incumbent Robert Castelli. He has subsequently won re-election in 2014, 2016, and 2018.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 94 — Kevin M. Byrne (R)

Kevin Byrne is the current assemblymember for the 94th Assembly District and serves as the ranking Minority member on the Aging Committee.

Kevin M. Byrne (R)

District 94
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Contact Information

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Campaign Website
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Twitter@Byrne4NY

District Office

947 S. Lake Blvd., Ste 1C
Mahopac, NY 10541
Phone (845) 628-3781

Albany Office

LOB 629
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5783

Committee Membership
  • Committee on Aging
  • Committee on Banks
  • Committee on Governmental Operations
  • Committee on Health
  • Committee on Labor

Kevin Byrne was born and raised in the Hudson Valley and attended Carmel High School before enrolling at the University of Scranton. 

Byrne served an internship with then Congresswoman Sue Kelly

Byrne also served as a member of the Putnam Valley Planning Board and as a Firefighter/EMT with the Kent Volunteer Fire Department where he served three terms as the department’s president.

He later served as Deputy District Director to Congresswoman Nan Hayworth and then as a Regional Director for the American Heart Association while finishing his M.P.A. concentrating in Healthcare Administration at Marist College.

Byrne won his first bid seeking elected office in 2016 when he was elected as the Assemblyman for New York’s 94th Assembly District.

Assemblyman Byrne lives in Mahopac with his wife Briana, a Physician Assistant



NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 95 — Sandy Galef (D)

Assemblywoman Sandra Galef has been committed to public service both as a volunteer and as an elected official almost her entire life

Sandy Galef (D)

District 95
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Contact Information

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Twitter@SandyGalef

District Office

2 Church Street
Ossining, NY 10562
914-941-1111

Albany Office

LOB 641
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5348

Committee Membership
  • Committee on Real Property Taxation (CHAIR)
  • Committee on Rules
  • Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
  • Committee on Election Law
  • Committee on Governmental Operations
  • Committee on Health
  • Task Force on Women’s Issues
  • Legislative Women’s Caucus

Sandy Galef represents the 95th Assembly District, spanning Westchester and Putnam counties. The district includes the Westchester towns of Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Ossining, Peekskill, and the Putnam communities of Philipstown, Cold Spring, and Kent.

Prior to her election to the Assembly in 1992, Galef worked as a schoolteacher, a Westchester County Legislator, and Chairwoman of the New York Association of Counties. She currently chairs the Assembly Committee on Real Property Taxation, and is the former chair of the committee on Libraries and Education Technology.

She is a graduate of Purdue University and holds a M.A. in education from the University of Virginia. She currently resides within her own district in the town of Ossining.

TOP TEN: Westchester County’s Highest Earning Employees

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Seventy five of the top 100 earners in Westchester in 2018 worked for the county Department of Public Safety

All of the top 10 highest paid worked in the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, including a captain, three lieutenants and two sergeants

Total pay includes overtime, unused time off and other payouts.

Which County Employee Was Paid The Most?

Lt. Brian Hess was the county’s top earner in 2018. The county paid him $93,846 in overtime as well as other pay, boosting his $153,290 base salary to $276,199 in total pay

NameTitleGross Pay
Brian HessLT-PSS$276,199
Gerald SteckmeisterLT-PSS$274,592
Anthony RaoPO PSS$273,629
Thomas CamerinoPO PSS$270,648
Mark SpivakLT-PSS$267,584
Tony MalandrinoSERGEANT-PSS$264,842
Scott McMahonPO PSS$261,973
James LucianoCAPT-PSS$260,878
Ezekiel SerranoSERGEANT-PSS$260,833
Paul CusanoSERGEANT-PSS$258,833

Public employee pensions are based on average of total pay for their highest paid years of employment.

STATEMENT: From Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro Regarding the Termination of Robert Freeman

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Robert Freeman, terminated as Director of the New York Committee On Open Government.

NEW YORK, NY — June 25, 2019 — New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro issued the following statement regarding the termination of Robert Freeman:

“Based on the preliminary findings of our office’s ongoing investigation into a recent complaint filed against Mr. Freeman, I appreciate the swift action taken by the Department of State. The abuse of a public position to engage in illicit conduct will not be tolerated by anyone at any level in New York State government. We are continuing to work closely with our law enforcement partners on this investigation and encourage anyone who may have additional information regarding this matter to contact our offices.”

UPDATE: News Coverage

GLENS FALLS POST STAR: Editorial: #Metoo movement is tested again

Jun 30, 2019 – That employee was Robert Freeman, the respected and revered head of the state…..

PLATSBURGH PRESS REPUBLICAN: Editorial: Freeman a loss for media

Jun 29, 2019 – We were disheartened to hear this week of the alleged foul behavior of longtime open-government champion Robert Freeman. Freeman, who headed the…..

WAMC : Albany In State Of “Soul-Searching” After Fall Of Robert Freeman

Jun 28, 2019 – But as the USA Today Network’s Albany Bureau reported, Freeman faces allegations of sexual harassment from a number of journalists, and was the subject of….

DAILY GAZETTE >>> EDITORIAL: Fight for openness will go on

Jun 28, 2019 – New York journalists and good-government advocates woke up Tuesday to some shocking news — that Robert Freeman, the longtime head of the state …

SPECTRUM NEWS: Advocates Praise New York’s Sexual Harassment Law Overhaul

Jun 27, 2019 – But just this week, another case arose for state government as Robert Freeman, a longtime open government and records expert, was fired for sexually…

JOURNAL NEWS: Multiple women claim harassment by Robert Freeman, the prominent …

Jun 27, 2019 So she did what any New York reporter would have done: Call Robert Freeman, a nationally recognized public-records expert who had led the state Committee….

DAILY GAZETTE: Advocate for press freedom fired after sexual misconduct allegation

The Daily Gazette-Jun 25, 2019Robert Freeman, an outspoken advocate for freedom of information in New York state, was fired from his job Monday as the executive director of the state …

PLATSBURGH PRESS: State government records expert hit with harassment allegations

Jun 25, 2019 – ALBANY – For more than 40 years, Robert Freeman served as state government’s guide for news reporters seeking access to public records maintained by….

ALBANY TIMES UNION: Watchdog Robert Freeman fired over sexually inappropriate behavior

Jun 25, 2019 – Robert Freeman, the longtime leader of the state’s Committee on Open Government, was fired Monday after an investigation of allegations he behaved in a…..

DAILY NEWS: The open secret about the secret-opener

Jun 25, 2019 – When news broke early Tuesday that Robert Freeman, the long-tenured Freedom of Information Law expert who New York reporters revered as the ultimate…..

NEW YORK TIMES: Advocate Dedicated to Uncovering Government Secrets Is Fired

Jun 25, 2019 – ALBANY — For more than four decades, Robert J. Freeman was a champion of government transparency in New York. As the executive director of the….

WNBC – TV: New York Government Watchdog Fired After Sexual Misconduct Probe

Jun 25, 2019 – Robert Freeman was terminated Monday as the director of the Committee on Open Government…

SARATOGAN: NY open government watchdog fired after sexual assault allegation

Jun 25, 2019 – The dismissal of Robert Freeman — who led the government watchdog committee for more than 40 years and was quoted regularly by news media across the….

NEW YORK POST: State open government advocate fired for sexual misconduct

Jun 25, 2019 – Robert Freeman, the longtime head of the state Committee on Open Government, has been fired for behaving in a “sexually inappropriate manner” toward a….



NY FOIL LAWSUIT: Lawyers Demand NYPD Cops’ Names In New Lawsuit

A strong secrecy law keeps many New York police misconduct records essentially under lock and key

The NYPD turned down a public-records request for its police precinct rosters. Now the Legal Aid Society is suing to obtain them.

The NYPD is facing a lawsuit over its decision to keep basic lists of its officers’ names under lock and key.

The Police Department is withholding information that would help New Yorkers better understand who is policing their neighborhoods

Jerome Greco, is the Legal Aid Society lawyer who filed the lawsuit Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court.

The suit comes months after Legal Aid submitted a Freedom of Information Law in January requesting the rosters, which the NYPD declined to release, saying they would reveal sensitive information and potentially endanger public safety.

The petition asks the court to order the NYPD to provide the rosters.

The NYPD denied both Greco’s initial request for the rosters and his appeal for their release. The department cited exemptions to the Freedom of Information Law that allow government agencies to withhold records that would reveal “non-routine criminal investigative techniques or procedures,” Greco’s petition says.

The Police Department argued that a miscreant who knew how each precinct was staffed could target one that appeared to have less resources or manpower, according to the petition. The NYPD also said releasing the records could put the safety of cops and the general public in danger.

Greco argues that neither of those exemptions should apply to his request. The NYPD can only withhold records that might reveal investigative techniques if they were compiled for law-enforcement purposes, a stipulation that doesn’t cover routine precinct rosters, his petition says.

Greco’s position has support from Robert J. Freeman, a Freedom of Information Law expert who serves as the executive director of the state’s Committee on Open Government. In a March 22 advisory opinion on Greco’s request, Freeman called the NYPD’s decision not to release the records “unsupportable.”

The NYPD’s denial also marked a reversal from its decision to release the rosters for the four police precincts on Staten Island

The department released redacted versions of those records to Patch in December in a response to a Freedom of Information request. The NYPD initially denied the request but a Patch reporter successfully appealed that denial.

Having precinct rosters would help Legal Aid keep better track of officers with histories of wrongdoing.

The names would be incorporated into the organization’s CAPStat database, which aims to help the public track police misconduct.

It would also make it easier for New Yorkers to know the officers — good and bad — who are patrolling their neighborhoods.