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PORT TIMES RECORD P O R T J E F F E R S O N • B E L L E T E R R E • P O R T J E F F E R S O N S TAT I O N • T E R R Y V I L L E

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Mount Sinai Zombie Home Causes Consternation Landlord of MS Property Also Owns Historic Derelict House in Port Jeff BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Though it is just one of a huge slate of derelict homes the Town of Brookhaven deals with on a monthly basis, one house in Mount Sinai has been causing more issues than others recently. At the Feb. 27 Town Board meeting, the council members voted to demolish a garage located at 63 Shore Drive in Mount Sinai, though the house would remain untouched.

This set off a press of neighbors angry the Town would not be touching the residential part of the property, which they said has been a problem property for years. Lynn Capobianco, a Mount Sinai resident and previous president of the school board, said while she appreciates the Town coming in with work crews to keep the property somewhat tame, the issue with the house remains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been saying that for a long time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only in the last year the Town has started to listen,â&#x20AC;? she said. In a 2019 report by Hauppauge-based firm Cashin Spinelli and Ferretti LLC, the building was cited as being â&#x20AC;&#x153;in extremely poor condition,â&#x20AC;? with the inside filled with trash and debris. Additionally, ceilings were collapsing due to water damage, with engineers also suspecting mold. The inspectors cited the property for multiple fire and safety violations. The house was originally boarded up after the report in June 2019. Town officials said another reconnaissance of the property was done Feb. 24 of this year. Inspectors did not go into the residential portion of the property, said Brendan Sweeney, who works for the Town, often presenting to the board about these zombie homes. He also said the new analysis by the inspector, â&#x20AC;&#x153;did not certify the house

The house at 63 Shore Road is owned by TAB Suffolk Acquistions, the same company that owns a historic derelict house in Port Jefferson on Sheep Pasture Road. Photo by Kyle Barr

was unsafe.â&#x20AC;? The garage was reportedly collapsing with a building full of debris and garbage. Town officials said inspectors recommended the garage be torn down. The owner has 30 days to file permits showing heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making an effort to fix the garage before the building is removed.

Some local residents took umbrage with this, citing the 2019 engineering report and their own personal dealings with the property. Several cited issues such as young people exploring the empty structure and animals inhabiting within. Kerry Hogan, a neighbor who has worked in and taught construction arts, said on visits to the property the damage was such that the best recourse is to simply tear it down and build something new. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once I saw [the] condition, I knew I would not bid on the house when it became available,â&#x20AC;? she said at the meeting. Councilwoman Jane Bonner (R-Rocky Point) directed all inquiries about the house and plans for demolition to the law department. Town attorney Annette Eaderesto said the Town senior building inspector went to the house Feb. 24 and saw that the garage was in immediate danger of collapse, while the house wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not the first time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken down a shed or garage instead of the main residence first,â&#x20AC;? she said. Part of the process, the Town attorney said, takes into account the house is in a transition-

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Local Businesses/Organizations React to Coronavirus Concerns BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The uncertainty of the coronavirus has led many people to avoid public places that see a lot of foot traffic. Some have resorted to hunkering down at home. With the first confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in Suffolk County this past week, despite efforts to sanitize their locations, some local businesses owners have been seeing the impact directly. Since the outbreak began in China late last year, Asian American and Chinese restaurants and businesses have seen a decline in the number of customers. Kevin Ma, co-owner of Sei Ramen in East Setauket, acknowledged the drop-off in business. Business “for area restaurants, it’s going down,” he said. “I have friends that run their own businesses and they are going through the same thing.” Since opening last month, Ma believes they have been doing OK and hopes to see an uptick in customers once the coronavirus scare dies down. “All we can do is let customers know the food is safe [to eat],” he said. “We are making sure everything is clean and sanitized.” Gary Pollakusky, president and executive director of Rocky Point Sound Beach Chamber

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of Commerce, said the fears of coronavirus are affecting businesses in the area. “I spoke to two Chinese restaurants [that are chamber members], they don’t want this to affect them,” he said. Pollakusky said misinformation on the coronavirus has caused the reduction in business, especially to the new owners of the Great Wall, a Chinese restaurant in Sound Beach. “The fears of the people toward Chinese food are irrational — people shouldn’t be afraid of eating local,” he said. “The Great Wall in Sound Beach has new owners and they are very excited to be a part of this community.” The executive director said all businesses are taking the proper precautions and safety measures to make sure its facilities are clean. Libraries also see a lot of visitors and are trying to stay a step ahead. Ted Gutmann, director at Emma S. Clark Memorial Library in Setauket, said they are closely monitoring the situation. “We take the health and the safety of our patrons very seriously,” he said. “We have ordered additional cleaning supplies to clean surfaces, computers, keyboards and other areas.” Gutmann said if patrons feel sick, he would advise them not to come to the library. “We have tried to be proactive, we haven’t really seen a decrease in attendance at the library,”

The Great Wall Chinese restaurant in Sound Beach is just one of several Asian establishments impacted by irrational fears over the coronavirus. Photo from Google Maps

the director said. At this point, Emma Clark has not decided to cancel any upcoming events but has had internal discussions about the problem, should the overall situation gets worse. Debbie Engelhardt, director of Comsewogue Public Library, had similar sentiments. “We haven’t noticed a change in attendance,” she said. “We are trying to be proactive, just

washing our hands is part of our daily routine.” Engelhardt said they already had numerous sanitizers installed throughout the building. “We increased signage reminding employees and patrons to wash their hands,” she said. “If employees are sick, we have told them to stay home — we are monitoring information from the state and county. We are trying to stay educated, we have a responsibility as a public service building.” Several local groups have been canceling events. The Three Village Democratic Club, Three Village Historical Society and Three Village Community Trust have all canceled or pushed off events out of a sense of caution. Brookhaven Town has released an executive order canceling all town events for senior citizens due to coronavirus concerns. Those events are suspended beginning March 12. Meals on Wheels deliveries will continue to homebound seniors, while those previously served by congregate nutrition programs at senior centers will be offered meal delivery at home. Residents can call 631-451-8696 for more information. Despite the preparation, other businesses said they haven’t seen much of an impact so far. Bobby Suchan, general manager of Port Jeff BIZ AND COVID 19 Continued on A10

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Suffolk Has First Positive Coronavirus Tests, LI Schools Receive New Guidance BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In the same week the World Health Organization called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, Suffolk County recorded its first six positive tests for COVID-19. The first four people to have the virus contracted it through community transmission, which means that none of them traveled to countries where infections are more prevalent. The patients include a Brookhaven Town man in his 20s who is in isolation at Stony Brook University Hospital, a Southold resident who is in her 20s and is under home isolation, a man in his 80s who is in isolation at St. Catherine’s Hospital and a man in his 40s who is in isolation Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. At the same time, eight people were under mandatory quarantine while the New York State Department of Health is monitoring 72 people under precautionary quarantine because of their travel abroad, according to officials from the Suffolk County Health Department. Dr. Gregson Pigott, commissioner of the county Department of Health Services, said the

patient is “getting better” and expected that he will “be fine.” Pigott said several area facilities have developed the ability to test for COVID-19, including LabCorp and Northwell Health Labs, which received state and federal approval to start manual testing for the virus. Northwell is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to use semi-automated testing within the week, which could boost the number of tests to the hundreds per day and into the thousands in the near future, the health lab said. Pigott said Suffolk County was “on top of” the virus “for now” but that the circumstances could change, which is why several facilities have taken steps to protect various populations. Stony Brook University told students this week that it would transition to all online classes starting on March 23, according to a letter sent out to students. The online version of the classes will continue through the end of the spring semester. Stony Brook is one of several colleges throughout the country that is taking steps to protect students through online versions of their classes. Princeton University, Stanford University, Harvard College and the University of Washington, to name a few,

are also teaching classes online. Hofstra University canceled classes this week as well. On March 10, Stony Brook’s Staller Center canceled all events for March “out of an abundance of caution” due to the coronavirus, according to a release. Meanwhile, the New York State Education Department and the State Department of Health issued updated guidance to school and community health officials, which includes requiring schools to close for 24 hours if a student or staff member attended school prior to being confirmed as a positive COVID-19 patient. Additionally, during that period the school is expected to disinfect the building or buildings where the person had contact prior to testing positive. The departments also urged schools to work with community feeding organizations to plan for distribution of food to students who rely on the two meals served at schools each day. The local health department will notify schools if and when they are required to close because of the virus and when they can reopen. Schools are not expected to decide about closing or canceling events on their own. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has canceled

all public events, including lectures and on-site visits, through April 30. Brookhaven National Laboratory, responding to guidance from the U.S. Department of Energy, has suspended all international business travel, with an exception for mission-essential international travel. Staff returning from China, Iran, South Korea and Italy are required to self-quarantine for 14 days. Staff will also have to self-quarantine if a household member traveled to those countries. All in-person visits of people from those countries are postponed. Meanwhile, county Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D) suspended all contact visits with prisoners. Noncontact visits can still be scheduled in advance, while visiting hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will be limited to 30-minute sessions. To protect the most vulnerable population, the U.S. State Department also made recommendations to senior facilities. Following those guidelines, Affinity Skilled Living in Oakdale started screening staff and visitors earlier this week, which includes taking their temperature. The facility also has restricted visiting hours.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Suffolk, Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. DONNA BARNES, David Bond, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Resettle Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on June 25, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 26, 2020 at 10:15 a.m., premises known as 21 Birchwood Drive, Shirley, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 978.80, Block 06.00 and Lot 005.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $386,685.13 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 64650/2014. Dara Martin Orlando, Esq., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff 338 2/20 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY LIMOSA, against

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Plaintiff

SCOTT LIEBETRUTH, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered November 20, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 18 Clifton Place, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776. District 0200 Sec 137.00 Block 01.00 Lot 015.000. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com erected, situate, lying and being at Port Jefferson Station, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $298,456.77 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 602990/2018. Janet Albertson, Esq., Referee AUFNY001 356 2/20 4x ptr SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK-BROOKHAVEN STERLING NATIONAL BANK, successor by merger to Astoria Bank f/k/a Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, Plaintiff -against- WILLIAM M. BOYLE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated March 19, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on March 31, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, being further described as follows: BEGINNING at a point the following two courses and distances from the extreme westerly end of a curve connecting the westerly side of Berkshire Drive and the southerly side of Edinburgh Drive; 1. South West 18.35 feet; 2. South East 17.00 feet to the true point or place of beginning; being a plot 68.00 feet by 44.00 feet by 68.00 feet by 44.00 feet. District: 0200 Section: 241.20 Block: 01.00 Lot: 019.000 Said premises known as 191 EDINBURGH DRIVE, RIDGE, NY Approximate amount of lien $258,076.11 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 616659/2017. STEVEN SILIATO, ESQ., Referee

David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File #8888.040 374 2/27 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff against TATYANA BABAN, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 26, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 2nd day of April, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Port Jefferson Station, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Said premises known as 50 Comerford Street, Port Jefferson, N.Y. 11776. (District: 0200, Section: 309.00, Block: 04.00, Lot: 054.000). Approximate amount of lien $ 475,277.29 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 21184-13. Dara Martin Orlando, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 375 2/27 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Wells Fargo Bank, NA successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Plaintiff -againstMichael O’Carroll a/k/a Michael Ocarroll a/k/a Mike V. Ocarroll a/k/a Michael V. Ocarroll, Board of Managers LEGALS con’t on pg. 7

Police

DA Announces Multiple LIers Charged in Labor Crime Crackdown

Several individuals from all over Long Island, including Selden, St. James and Northport, have been implicated in multiple labor crime violations. Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D) joined Suffolk police along with multiple New York State officials from the labor and insurance departments to announce their arrest. Sini said, collectively, the charged crimes involve the theft of more than $250,000 in employees’ wages and benefits, nonpayment of more than $58,000 to the state Department of Labor for unemployment insurance fund contributions and nonpayment of more than $133,000 to the New York State Insurance Fund for workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Paul Gilistro, 58, of Selden, and his company Goldstar Installation Services Inc. are each charged with a scheme to defraud in the first degree and willful failure to file a true certified payroll. From 2016 to 2019, the defendants, formerly doing business as The Floor Worx of Long Island, allegedly misclassified 12 employees as independent contractors to avoid paying the statutory prevailing wage on public works jobs performed throughout Suffolk and Nassau counties. The DA said, during that time period, Gilistro allegedly regularly falsified the sworn certified payroll records he submitted to reflect the job classifications and wages the employees should have received. “Here in Suffolk County, we will not tolerate the exploitation of workers or our taxpayers by greedy corporations and business owners,” Sini said. “Not only will our efforts protect workers and taxpayers, they will also prevent these bad businesses from gaining an unfair competitive advantage against legitimate, law-abiding businesses.”

Alan James, 70, of St. James, and his company APJ Restoration Inc. were each charged with fraudulent practices against the state insurance fund in violation of New York State workers’ compensation law. An audit by the NYSIF revealed evidence that between August 2017 and August 2018 the defendants allegedly failed to report more than $450,000 in revenue to the NYSIF in order to avoid paying $68,613.69 in policy premiums that would have otherwise been assessed. Richard Hall, 57, of Northport, and his company Regal Contracting Inc. were each charged with a scheme to defraud and willful failure to pay prevailing wages in an amount less than $25,000, a misdemeanor in violation of state DOL law. In addition, Hall and Triangle Enterprises of Long Island Inc. are each charged with fraudulent practices against the NYSIF in violation of New York State workers’ compensation law. In the summer of 2018, Hall and Regal Contracting Inc. allegedly failed to pay $7,400 in benefits to the Laborers Local 66 Benefit Fund for multiple workers on five different projects. In December 2018, Regal canceled its state insurance fund policy. Hall then incorporated Triangle Enterprises of Long Island Inc. and allegedly fraudulently omitted his ownership of the company on its application for workers’ compensation insurance. Regal Contracting allegedly owes more than $28,000 in unpaid unemployment insurance fund contributions to the DOL and allegedly owes more than $48,000 in unpaid workers’ compensation premiums to the insurance fund, therefore making Hall ineligible to take out a new policy.

Nassau County police said they arrested a Port Jefferson woman for alleged driving under the influence with her kid in the car. Third Precinct officers report the details of the arrest of a Port Jefferson woman for allegedly driving while intoxicated (Leandra’s Law) that occurred on Sunday, March 8, at 8:58 pm in Garden City Park. According to police, Noreen Foster, 51, was driving a 2009 Nissan Rogue and struck a pole at Hillside Ave. and Tuxedo Ave. Officers responded to the accident where no inju-

ries were reported. Police said the driver had a 6-year-old in the vehicle with her. After a subsequent investigation, Foster was placed under arrest without incident. The child was released into the custody of a family member. Foster was charged with DWI, aggravated DWI (child under 16) under Leandra’s Law and endangering the welfare of a child. She was arraigned Monday, March 9, at the Nassau 1st District Court in Hempstead. Defense attorney information for Foster was not available.

— Compiled by Kyle Barr

Port Jefferson Woman Arrested for Alleged Drunken Crash with Kid in Car

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 6 of Artist Lake Condominium, Clerk of the Suffolk County District Court, Commissioner of Taxation and FinanceCivil Enforcement-CO-ATC, Commissioner of Taxation and Finance-Civil Enforcement-Coll Vendr Suprt Unit, Claudine Bulbin as Administratrix, heir at law, next of kin and distributee of the Estate of Leslie Bernard Tenzer a/k/a Leslie B. Tenzer a/k/a Leslie Tenzer, deceased, New York State Department of Taxation and FinanceTax Compliance DivisionC.O-ATC, Internal Revenue Service-United States of America, Debra Mannkopf, Elizabeth Keezer, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered on January 15, 2020 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738 on March 31, 2020 at 11:00 AM premises known as 131 Artist Lake Drive, Middle Island, NY 11953-2311. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of real property, with the improvements therein contained, situate and being a part of a condominium in the Town of Brookhaven, County of SUFFOLK and State of New York. District: 0200 Section: 403.00 Block: 07.00 Lot: 027.000 Together with a .39218% undivided interest in the common elements Approximate amount of lien $74,647.31 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # 027364/2013 Armand Araujo, Esq., REFEREE STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 DATED: February 19, 2020 FILE #: WELLS 69115 378 2/27 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. Bank National Association, not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Indenture Trustee for the CIM Trust 2017-8 MortgageBacked Notes, Series 2017-

To Place A Legal Notice

Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com 8, Plaintiff AGAINST Ann Brusca, Salvatore Brusca, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 12-232019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on March 31, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 5 Smith Lane, Middle Island, NY 11953. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Yaphank, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, SECTION: 527.00, District 0200, BLOCK: 04.00, LOT: 011.000. Approximate amount of judgment $251,583.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #604392/2019. Valerie M. Cartright, Esq, Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-090642-F00 68219 381 2/27 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-8, Plaintiff AGAINST JOEL FUMUSO A/K/A JOEL G. FUMUSO, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered 7-13-2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 13, 2020 at 10:30AM, premises known as 5 HEMLOCK ROAD, MOUNT SINAI, NY 11766. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, Section: 211.00 Block: 01.00 Lot: 048.000 District: 0200. Approximate amount of judgment $598,156.25 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #605079/2016. Annette Eaderesto, Esq., Referee Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103 Westbury, NY

11590 SPSNY430 68443 387 3/12 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Trust 2005-NC2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-NC2, Plaintiff AGAINST The Estate of Thomas Seman, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 7-312018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 14, 2020 at 11:30AM, premises known as 57 Superior Street, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, and State of New York, SECTION: 311.00, BLOCK: 07.00, LOT: 024.000, District 0200. Approximate amount of judgment $187,206.35 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #607665/2015. Usha Srivastava, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-065616-F00 68349 388 3/12 4x ptr Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1176054 for beer, cider, wine, & liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, cider, wine, & liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 134 Main Street, Port Jefferson NY 11777 in the County of Suffolk for on premises consumption. J. Luciano Enterprises, Inc. D/B/A PJ Lobster House 389 3/5 2x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR SAXON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2003-

3, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-3, Plaintiff against DEBORAH E. HARTMAN A/K/A DEBORAH HARTMAN, STEVEN T. HARTMAN A/K/A STEVEN HARTMAN, BRIAN HARTMAN, DANIEL HARTMAN, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 8, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 3rd day of April, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Holbrook, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Said premises known as 6 Sutton Place, Ronkonkoma, N.Y. 11779. (District: 0200, Section: 763.00, Block: 02.00, Lot: 043.000). Approximate amount of lien $ 310,088.17 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 608646-15. Vincent Messina, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 390 3/5 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF11 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against EDWARD BERG, BARBARA BERG, DARRIN BERG, ELAINE BERG, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 23, 2020. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 15th day of April, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot,

piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Said premises known as 21 Carston Street, Selden, N.Y. 11784. (District: 0200, Section: 446.00, Block: 05.00, Lot: 038.000). Approximate amount of lien $ 210,974.54 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 0622483-18. Valerie M. Cartright, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 *For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call 800-280-2832* 414 3/12 4x ptr SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006OPT1, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006OPT1, Plaintiff against KATHLEEN BAKER A/K/A KATHLEEN M. BAKER A/K/A KATHRINE BAKER A/K/A KATHLEEN M. NORDHEIM, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 17, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps of the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, N.Y. on the 13th day of April, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon erected, situate, lying, and being in the Hamlet of Port Jefferson Station in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York. Said premises known as 30 Jefferson Avenue, Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. 11776. (District: 0200, Section: 207.00, Block: 04.00, Lot: 013.000). Approximate amount of lien

$551,743.76 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 609553-16. Anthony Parlatore, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 415 3/12 4x ptr TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY NOTICE TO BIDDERS Bids will be received and publicly opened and read aloud in the Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division located at the Brookhaven Town Office Complex, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York, 11738, 3rd Floor, for the following project on the date as indicated at 11:00 am: March 26, 2020 BID #20011 INSTALLATION OF FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AT TOWN ANIMAL SHELTER TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK A non-refundable fee of $27.50 will be charged for plans and specifications. Payment can be made by either money order, or business check (payable to the Town of Brookhaven). NO CASH, CREDIT CARDS OR PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED. Definite specifications may be obtained at the Purchasing Division, beginning March 12, 2020 The Town of Brookhaven reserves the right to reject and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town. The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minority and women-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate LEGALS con’t on pg. 8

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 7 in the bidding process. Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer, Deputy Commissioner (631) 451-6252 416 3/12 1x ptr STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, vs.

Plaintiff,

LUCILA TORRES, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County on December 20, 2019, I, Kenneth Seidell the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on April 13, 2020 at BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, County of Suffolk, State of New York, at 3:00 P.M., the premises described as follows: 35 South Swezey Town Road a/k/a 35 S Swezey Town Road Middle Island a/k/a Town of Brookhaven SBL No.: 0200-375.0002.00-049.00 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate, lying and being in Middle Island, town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and state of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 602745/2018 in the amount of $492,764.65 plus interest and costs. Richard C. Turner, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Rochester, New York 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 417 3/12 4x ptr SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P., V. PETER L. PARRAS, JR.; ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated July 02, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. is the Plaintiff and PETER L. PARRAS, JR.; ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the FRONT STEPS OF THE BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on April 14, 2020 at 3:00 pm, premises known as 24 MARLIN ROAD, CENTEREACH, NY 11720: District 0200 Section 444.00, Block 05.00, Lot 014.000: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 619413/2016. TERRY R WOODARD, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. 419 3/12 4x ptr NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST MARK BROOME, ESTHER

BROOME, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 17, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, on April 15, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 47 RODNEY STREET, PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11776. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, DISTRICT 0200, SECTION 310.00, BLOCK 01.00, LOT 057.000. Approximate amount of judgment $617,394.88 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 069833/2014. PATRICK A. SWEENEY, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 422 3/12 4x ptr Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, on the 13th day of February, 2020, bearing Index Number 20-00671, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 310 Center Drive, Riverhead, NY grants me the right to assume the name of Thomas Charles Lentini. The city and state of my present address are Mastic Beach, NY; the month and year of my birth are June, 1994; the place of my birth is Islip, NY; my present name is Thomas Charles Gerle III. 424 3/12 1x ptr LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, April 6, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. at 121

West Broadway, Port Jefferson, New York, by the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson TO AMEND SECTION 250-44 OF CHAPTER 250 OF THE VILLAGE CODE to EXEMPT VILLAGE-OWNED PROPERTIES FROM BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND CLARIFY WHEN A BUILDING PERMIT WILL NOT ISSUE, by proposed local law, a copy of which is on file at the Office of the Village Clerk. At said Public Hearing any person interested will be given the opportunity to be heard. Barbara Sakovich Village Clerk Dated: March 12, 2020 426 3/12 1x ptr Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson 88 North Country Rd. Port Jefferson, N.Y. 11777 Ph. (631) 473-4744 Fx. (631) 473-2049 www.portjeff.com PUBLIC NOTICE Inc. Village of Port Jefferson Zoning Board of Appeals PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS of Article XI, Section 250-50 of the Code of the Inc. Village of Port Jefferson, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on March 26, 2020 at 7:30PM at Village Hall, 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777. (A pre-hearing work session will begin at 7:00PM) PUBLIC HEARING: 802 Chambers Court Appeal No. #553-20 Location: Off Brewster Dr. SCTM: Sec.13, Blk.3, Lot 26 Zoning: R-B2 Residential Property Owner(s): John & Diane Dakers Applicant: Andrew Malguarnera c/o Brookhaven Expeditors Contact: Andrew Malguarnera c/o Brookhaven Expeditors Applicant requests permission to maintain an upper level wood deck 18 feet by 23.3 feet in dimension,

which is located 18.4 feet from the rear property line where the Code of the Village of Port Jefferson Section 250 Attachment 3 requires a 30 feet rear yard setback. (postponed from 2/27/20) 427 3/12 1x ptr TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY NOTICE TO BIDDERS Bids will be received and publicly opened and read aloud in the Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division located at the Brookhaven Town Office Complex, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York, 11738, 3rd Floor, for the following project on the date as indicated at 11:00 am: DATE: MARCH 26, 2020 BID #20013 DAVIS PARK MARINA BREAKWATER TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK A non-refundable fee of $54.99 will be charged for plans and specifications. Payment can be made by either money order, or business check (payable to the Town of Brookhaven). NO CASH, CREDIT CARDS OR PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED. Definite specifications may be obtained at the Purchasing Division, beginning March 12, 2020. The Town of Brookhaven reserves the right to reject and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town. The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minority and women-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate in the bidding process. Town of Brookhaven Purchasing Division Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer, Deputy Commissioner (631) 451-6252

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received, publicly opened and read aloud at 11:00 a.m. in the Division of Purchasing of the Town of Brookhaven, One Independence Hill, Third Floor, Farmingville, NY 11738, for the following item(s) on the dates indicated: BID #20010 – PITCHING MOUNDS & ACCESSORIES MARCH 26, 2020 BID #20012 – TRANSIT MIX CONCRETE MARCH 31, 2020 BID #20014 – SHADE SYSTEMS MARCH 31, 2020 Specifications for the abovereferenced bid will be available beginning MARCH 12, 2020. Preferred Method • Access website: brookhavenNY.gov/Purchasing: click on link for Bids. • Follow directions to register and download document. • Questions must be submitted in writing to the following e-mail: PurchasingGroup@ brookhavenny.gov The Town of Brookhaven reserves the right to reject and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town. The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minorities and women-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate in the bidding process. Further information can be obtained by calling (631) 451-6252 Kathleen C. Koppenhoefer Deputy Commissioner TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN 429 3/12 1x ptr

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BIZ AND COVID 19

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Bowl, said besides less people coming into bowling alleys in general, they haven’t seen a change in business as of now. “We have installed more hand sanitizer in the building and just making sure everything is clean, which is something we always do,” he said. Charlie Ziegler, director of operations at Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook, said it’s business as usual at the hotel. “It’s not having an effect [on us] — the number of customers coming is the same,” he said. Despite that, Ziegler said they will continue to make sure everything in the building is cleaned and sanitized. “We had a meeting recently with the staff and we told them to make sure to wash their hands constantly,” he said. “We want to keep areas clean … we are disinfecting areas like the great room, telephones and door handles.” Ziegler said they don’t anticipate any further disruptions from the coronavirus situation.

al historic area. That requires a review from the Historic District Advisory Committee, which meets the second Tuesday of every month. The process is the same whether the building is in the transition zone or the historic district. Edna Giffen, the recording secretary of the Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society, said the transition zone is basically a buffer between the Town and the main historic district in Mount Sinai. While the rules affecting property are laxer in the transition zone than the main historic district, she confirmed the Town’s advisory committee still has to look at every permit for property in both. Still, she said it was a shame to watch it and other houses deteriorate. Two other buildings, one in the main historic and the other in the transition zone, have been taken down by the Town since 2012 and the impact of Superstorm Sandy. “It’s a sad situation it was allowed to deteriorate so much,” she said. “It’s like watching an old poor soul die a slow death.” Since the 2008 mortgage crisis and subsequent recession, the Town has been inundated with thousands of these derelict or zombie homes. Brookhaven has taken the unique approach to dealing with the situation by taking care of flagrant properties, mowing the grass and boarding

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up homes, then putting liens on these properties. If owners cannot be reached or cannot handle reconstituting the property, then the Town will hire contractors to demolish them, putting the cost as additional liens on the property. However, in this case, Town officials said they have come across hiccups due to the historic nature of the surrounding area. This does not mean the Town would not be able to demolish the full property in the future. At the Feb. 27 meeting, Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and Bonner both said they would like to do an additional engineering report on the property. Neighbors also said the owner had brought in unlicensed contractors to fix the building’s roof in 2018, but after calls from residents the Town had put a stop-work order on that construction. The property is owned by TAB Suffolk Acquisitions, an elusive real estate company reportedly based at 63 George St. in Roslyn Heights, according to the Town. Local officials, including from Port Jefferson village and state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), have been on the hunt for the company owner as it has also purchased a derelict property at 49 Sheep Pasture Road in Port Jefferson. That house has significant historic worth, according to local historians. The assemblyman interjected before the property could be demolished by the village, and the house has remained boarded up ever since.

Sweeney said the owner of 63 Shore Drive had come to the meeting but left without speaking. He did not get the owner’s name. Councilman Dan Panico (R-Manorville) said TAB Suffolk Acquisitions has bought up a lot of property in Suffolk foreclosures, according to their data from the comptroller’s office. Bonner criticized the company for sitting on such properties and not doing anything with them. “There’s a lot of money coming out of the city and western Nassau — there’s a lot of property being bought up,” Panico said. “This is one of those companies that buys up a ton of houses.” Neighbors said they knew the owner only as “Sam.” They said he has been cordial in the past but has largely been absent. When called, the person on the other end who confirmed he was the owner of the property said they are in the process of getting permits from the Town to fix up the property, “within 30 days.” He spoke about his prior attempts to fix the roof before the Town put a stop-work order on those repairs. As to residents’ complaints, he said residents have known and stayed silent on the state of the house for longer than recent efforts to demolish it. “The house has been in this shape for years,” he said. After he said his name was Sam, he hung up the phone and did not answer further calls for comment.

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LI Supervisors Call on State to Exempt Municipalities from Discovery Law BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Town supervisors in Suffolk County say recent criminal justice reform has caused “unintended consequences” to municipalities and local code enforcement. They are asking the state to exempt small municipalities from new guidelines, among other things. The issue they have is with the state’s new discovery provisions, which require names and contact information for complaints to be turned over within 15 days of arraignment. In turn, it has eliminated anonymity, which many municipalities rely on when it comes to handling code violations. Rich Schaffer (D), Town of Babylon supervisor and chair of the county Democratic committee, said at a March 5 press conference they usually receive a lot of anonymous tips from concerned residents but have noticed many are not willing to come forward with the new changes. “They don’t want to put their names down, and quite frankly we don’t want to [either],” he said. “We want to be able to go after the offenders and educate them on how to clean up their act and be a good neighbor.” In an unusual bipartisan step in this day and

Babylon Supervisor Rich Schaffer points to a chart showing the impact discovery law changes have had on small municipalities. Photo by David Luces

age, a letter signed by all of the county’s town supervisors was sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) in January. The group said with the new standards in how case information is turned over to the courts, it means there are currently no distinctions between a homicide case and a “municipal code violation for high grass.” The supervisors said the reform was rushed through the legislature and didn’t give municipalities enough time to formulate a public education campaign. In addition, the changes hurt them on a local level because the state “got involved in things that we didn’t need their involvement in,” Schaffer said. Supervisors also complained the requirement for after issuing a summons, a court date must

be set within 20 days. Officials said it used to take a month to process cases, but now there are four additional “hoops to jump through” to process a complaint. A case could take up to two years to be resolved. Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said the criminal justice reform has had a “chilling effect on code enforcement.” “So now, if you live next to a guy that has a house with two illegal apartments and four or five unregistered vehicles and trash on the property, if you call, we are obligated by state law to tell the guy next door that you called,” he said. “You’re not going to call, you’re not going to complain, what does that do for the quality of life?” The four supervisors called on the state Leg-

islature to pass a bill that would allow townships to handle their own code enforcement cases and reinstate anonymity. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) and state Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) are proposing bills that would allow anonymity for those reporting local code violations, let municipalities take these cases out of district court and allow them to create their own administrative bureau. Chad Lupinacci (R), Town of Huntington supervisor, said many of the problems discussed can be eliminated if municipalities had their own administrative bureau. Huntington is one of three municipalities in the state to have one. “The bureau should be up and running sometime in May,” he said. “Code enforcement officers, instead of having to comply with these changes, will be able to just enforce the code and ensure that neighborhoods are safer.” Brookhaven assistant attorney David Moran said they will work in compliance with the law but called it an “unfunded mandate” with no real direction given how to be in compliance. Schaffer said he’s volunteering Babylon to be the guinea pig regarding not following the new law and seeing what comes out of it. “I’d like to be the test case to challenge the system,” he said.

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County

With Phone Scams on the Rise, Cons Threaten Utility Shutoff for Cash BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Phone scammers have used a number of tactics to get unassuming people to hand over their money, but one con has police and a Long Island utility company especially concerned. Some scammers have been claiming they are employees of a utility company like PSEG Long Island, and then tell a person their bill is in arrears. They threaten to turn off heat or electricity if they do not receive hundreds or even thousands of dollars, often in the form of a gift card instead of the normal check or direct deposit. Such is what happened to Setauket resident Candy Maeder, who said she was called March 5 by a person claiming to be from the utility company. The man on the phone said Maeder was late on her bills and her service would be shut off in a matter of hours if she didn’t give them hundreds of dollars in cash. She said they would not even take a debit card over the phone. “I fought with them back and forth,” the Setauket resident said. “At first, I really believed it was them.” After hanging up the phone, and after talking with her boyfriend and also her electrician, she came to the conclusion it had been a scam. That day, she called PSEGLI and the police, but Maeder’s experience is all too common in the modern day — almost textbook with what others have experienced. Suffolk County police has records of the number of reports of phone scams received over the past several years. Records show the frequency of the PSEGLI scam has increased. In 2018, there were 56 reported cases of the scam throughout Suffolk. In 2019, police received 76 reports of scammers claiming they were PSEGLI, where people did not give them money. An additional 55 actually resulted in the scammers stealing money from victims for a total of 131. In January and February of this year, police have received reports of 30 scams so far. Suffolk County Police Chief Stuart Cameron said scammers are always coming up with novel frauds, but the PSEGLI scam has been on the rise.

Police and PSEGLI have been trying to catch scammers pretending to be from the utility company for several years, but the con is still on the rise. Stock photo

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“The best way to combat these scams is by Like many scams, it particularly targets the most vulnerable residents, such as the elderly, who par- educating the public,” Vessichelli said. “When I ticularly can’t afford to be out several thousand learn people haven’t heard of the scam, it kind of concerns us.” dollars as some scammers demand. Tracking these individuals is difficult, even “The elderly might not say anything because they may be embarrassed,” he said. “Scammers when scammers are calling locally. While the police chief said they have made play on that type of fear and emsome arrests, the suspects often do barrassment to exploit money a process to their phone numbers from those residents who are probcalled “spoofing,” making their ably in the worst position to lose caller ID on answering machines money like this.” appear as a completely separate New Jersey-based PSEG has number, even making it out to been tracking this scam even belook like it was coming from fore taking over the electric infra— Candy Maeder PSEGLI or even police. structure portion of LIPA’s business The Long Island utility comfrom National Grid in 2014. Robpany has been participating in a ert Vessichelli, the senior security national campaign to promote investigator for PSEGLI, said the actual number of people falling for the scam has awareness of phone scams. Utilities United decreased over the years. In 2019 the utility com- Against Scams, a U.S. and Canadian consortium pany received notice of 6,574 scams for the whole of utility companies, ran the campaign during of Long Island, where 305 of those fell victim to the National Consumer Protection Week March 1-7 scammers. The con artists often ask for as little as a to promote scam awareness. Vessichelli said the consortium uses its influence to block the numbers few hundred dollars and up to several thousand.

‘At first, I really believed it was them.’

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BY BILL LANDON DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Port Jefferson struggled to stay with Carle Place in the Long Island championship round March 9 where the Lady Royals trailed by six after 8 minutes of play. They then went down by 16 at the half. The Frogs never let up the rest of the way to put the game away 70-42 at Newfield High School. Carle Place advances to the regional finals March 15. Port Jeff concludes its season as League VII champions with a 13-3 league record, adding postseason victories against Babylon and Mattituck to

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The Port Jefferson School District recently hosted PJ Madness, a basketball tournament for students and teachers, organized by Earl L. Vandermeulen High School science teacher Charles Hafner. Along with friendly competition, a message of strength and inspiration grew from the event that raised thousands of dollars for an organization devoted to helping people living with cancer. Hafner shared the story of Matthew DiStefano, a Suffolk County teacher who recently succumbed to kidney cancer and whose spirit and message of “We Get To” was shared throughout the district. Port Jefferson Middle

School teachers Deirdre Filippi and Jeannette Garofola took the message to their colleagues and students, and proceeds from the tournament, T-shirts and other donations totaling $5,368, were donated to his namesake organization, the DezyStrong Foundation. The nonprofit helps support and encourage those living with a life-threatening disease. “It is heartwarming when a school community comes together to support an initiative of this caliber,” Superintendent Jessica Schmettan said. “It not only shows the character of our staff and students, it reinforces Mr. DiStefano’s message of living each day to the fullest.”

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

We live in an interconnected world, and some of the worst parts of our society have resolved to exploit that. Phone scams are well known to a point, but the level at which these scammers operate is mind boggling. According to Suffolk County police data, there were a total of 644 scams reported in 2018. By last year, that number jumped to a grand total of 1,141. Utility company PSEGLI, which has been dealing with these types of scams for several years, said it has dealt with many thousands of such reports over the years. The scams range from kidnap extortion scams to cons where people pretend to be from a utility company like PSEGLI and threaten to shut off electric or heat if the person does not send hundreds or thousands to them, usually in cash or in a generic gift card. For some, such schemes might seem obvious. Of course, a utility wouldn’t ask a person to pay for a bill through a gift card over the phone but put yourself in another’s shoes. Imagine a call on a weekday evening, when you’re already concerned about making sure your bills are paid for this month, and a call comes through threatening to shut off your electricity because your bill is in arrears. How easy is it to become concerned or even panicked? These predators are counting on someone to not be in the correct frame of mind to deal with something like that. These scams regularly target the most vulnerable. Last month, News 12 reported a wife and husband in Port Jefferson Station were targeted by a con man claiming to be their grandson, who had been in a car accident involving an infant and needed bail money. The couple withdrew nearly $20,000 from a bank and handed the cash over to a man they later learned was a scammer. Their grandson, they later found, had been fine. In that case, the scammer likely got information about the couple’s grandson and names of other family members on social media and used that in the scheme. Like most people who are retired or on a fixed income, none can afford to lose several hundred dollars, let alone several thousand. Despite the isolationist connotation, sometimes the best practice to avoid such scams is to simply not pick up the phone if the caller is unknown. Even that is not foolproof, as scammers have easy access to spoofing technology, allowing them to have their phone numbers come up as anything on caller ID. In the best of circumstances, these scammers are hard to catch. Calls can come from out of state or even overseas. Even when they exist locally, tracking a spoofed phone call can be tricky. Still, we advise people to call the police if they suspect a person is trying to scam them. Police will ask all the pertinent information, caller ID, when they called, what they asked, etc. But we also believe it may take something else, a sense of forethought and community to recognize a scam. One local resident who received a call she found to be fraudulent asked her boyfriend as well as her electrician, who both poked holes in the scammer’s pitch. That’s what it requires. One can’t be too proud to ask the people around you for help or advice. If you end up handing money to somebody you suspect is a scammer, you must call police as soon as possible. People make mistakes, but they shouldn’t be the ones who get punished. The people who prey on the vulnerable, they are the ones who should be penalized.

For the first time in a long time, the youth use rates of tobacco products are climbing, and we can thank e-cigarettes for addicting a new generation to nicotine. With the deceptive marketing of manufacturers like JUUL, 27 percent of New York high school teenagers and roughly 40 percent of 12th-graders report using e-cigarettes. For those of us who care for children as medical professionals, we can tell you that number is likely higher. How long are we going to let big tobacco make money off of kids? Make no mistake about it, 81 percent of kids who have ever used a tobacco product started with one that

was flavored. Big tobacco companies know exactly what they’re doing. In fact, they have aggressively marketed their products to children for years because they know that flavors make smoking and vaping more appealing. Also, menthol cigarettes are the most popular choice for youth who smoke, and not by an insignificant amount. In addition, seven out of 10 African-American youth smokers choose menthol cigarettes. Maintaining flavors to attract adult smokers increases the risk of these products being available to youth and young adults. Removing flavors from tobacco products means removing their appeal to

youth, the prevention of a lifetime of nicotine addiction and decreases in their risk of heart attack and stroke in their adult futures. We know youth are getting e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco from easy access points in their communities. If flavored tobacco is no longer available at the corner stores and shops kids visit with friends and families, the appeal of these flavored products will slowly fade. Some adults will quit, and kids will never start. That’s the end goal. Dr. Russell Schiff President, American Heart Association’s Long Island Board of Directors

Sound reasoning, this is the best course of action when prediction is used to make an accusation. Perhaps our current political discourse problems stem from the failure to use sound reasoning as a calculus for the exchange of ideas in the face of the ideologies of predictions. A letter of such pronouncement [“Trump’s Politicized Response to Coronavirus,” Port Times Record, March 5] should be questioned, challenged and have an appropriate response. Much like the letter writer protests, facts are to support opinion, we are in an era where to cast the aspersion is sufficient to blunt the truth. Accordingly, we must be on our guard.

Yes, sound reasoning is the best response to the Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) fabulist-style letter that appeared in your letters section of the March 5 edition. When a litany of accusations on the basis of a letter writer’s predisposed notions of what he imagines might be the President Donald Trump (R) administration response to our national concern over the spread of the coronavirus, I ask all who read a letter of such thinking to use some sound reasoning, to let your eyes and ears see and hear the difference between fact and fiction. The title of that letter your paper gave too is totally false, not remotely at all correct, demonstrating yet once

again another story about the deficiency of sound reasoning being exercised in our media world. The letter was a Miller Place resident’s politicization of the coronavirus spread and not at all that of our U.S. president. As far as this president and his adherence to the oath of office, I ask all to keep this thought in mind: Our country is better served by having a president whom we watch and scrutinize, in every way, in each and every day. We all would be far worse off if we had a president who thought that she should not be watched at all. Michael Sheinkopf Port Jefferson

Call Out Scammers E-Cigs Have Increased Tobacco Use Among Youth

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Responding to Writer’s Take on Politicized COVID-19

Schumer Must Have Skipped Civics Class

First, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer [D-NY] while speaking at the recent Sunnyside, Queens St. Patrick’s Day Parade said, “President Donald Trump is not welcome in Queens.” Schumer’s hatred of Trump is so strong, that should self-proclaimed democratic-socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders [I] win the Democratic Party’s nomination, Schumer would enthusiastically endorse him, regardless of his lessthan-friendly support for Israel. Next, Schumer speaking at an abortion pro-choice rally on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States in our nation’s capital said about justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, “You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You will not know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.” Imagine if you are or I made such threatening statements about the president or members of the Supreme

Court. We would quickly be visited by members of the president’s Secret Service or FBI. Perhaps Schumer forgot about civil discourse in America. Democrat, Republican or Independent, Liberal or Conservative, we have a long held tradition of respect for our government institutions, be it the president or Supreme Court. I wonder if Schumer missed attending his civics class at Brooklyn’s James Madison High School, Harvard College and Harvard Law School. It should be no surprise to anyone that Schumer comes away with a bounced check when lobbying Trump to make his case for the proposed $29 billion Gateway Tunnel, $7 billion Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 or other multibillion transportation projects that might benefit New Yorkers. Schumer has consistently portrayed Trump since becoming president as an

ultra right-wing conservative whose values will destroy New York setting us back decades. Only Schumer and the Democrats can save us from this disaster. Yet the same level of billions in federal aid — just like under former President Barack Obama [D], if not more — continues to arrive every year. We are still alive and well today. Our economy continues to grow. Unemployment is at record low levels. Schumer forgets that you get more with honey than you do with vinegar. Voters should remember this in 2022 when he stands for re-election. By the way, I’m not a member of Trump’s “Keep America Great” or the “Never Trumpers” brigades. I voted for Libertarian Party presidential candidate former New Mexico Republican Gov. Gary Johnson in the 2016 general election. Larry Penner Great Neck

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Opinion

The Crowds We’ll Miss If We’re Quarantined

e take so much of our life for granted. In some ways, it’s natural and necessary. After all, if we got up and stared out our window and marveled at the combination of sun and shade on the branches rocking in the wind, bent down to admire the dew clinging to the grass and breathed deeply of the newly blossoming trees every morning, we might never get our kids to school and D. None ourselves to work. of the above And yet, all the news about the BY DANIEL DUNAIEF spread of this new virus and the ensuing reaction to protect the population — from closing schools to avoiding subways to staying

away from large crowds — gives us an opportunity to appreciate the things, people and sensory experiences we take for granted. No one will miss the scent of urine wafting up through the subways during a hot summer day when switching problems make everyone stand four, ﬁve and six deep on the platform, waiting for the next overcrowded and overheated subway car to arrive. Still, we may miss so many other sensory, social and everyday experiences if and when we have to lock ourselves in our homes, waiting for the “all clear” sign. So, what are some of those experiences? It depends on whom you ask and what time of year the question arises. I appreciate the joy of people watching. After living in Manhattan for decades, I’ve learned to swing my eyes across the street inconspicuously, while I seemed lost in thought or even pretended to be on an invisible phone. Times Square, with its superabundant tourists speaking uncountable languages, wearing unrecognizable

colognes and walking in all manner of shoes, is a great place to start. But then, the line for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island offers a similar variety of people from all over the world. Instead of billboards of half-naked and incredibly tone and muscular bodies advertising Broadway shows and underwear, the backdrop for the people watching at the ferry lines includes the unpredictable waves of the Hudson River, which has its own personality, ranging from near stillness to foaming white caps. Closer to home and nearer to summer, West Meadow Beach blends the natural with the call of the seagulls across the enormous intertidal zone and the salty, wind-carried scent; and the anthropogenic with the plaintive cry of babies overheated by the hot sun, the sound of music vibrating from sound systems and the sight of happy teenagers taking their ﬁrst lick of their soft-serve ice cream cones. I enjoy watching the end of a hard-fought tennis match, when two or four people come

to the net and exchange pleasant handshakes and share thoughts about a good match or a good game. The crowds at sporting events, many of whom we might not choose from a potential lineup of friends, become a part of memorable games and evenings, as we exchange high ﬁves with inebriated strangers, share insights about what we would do if we were the manager of the team, or congratulate the parent of one of the players on our daughter’s team for the improvement in her game. Despite the fact that I tend to avoid a crowded elevator car, an overstuffed subway or even an escalator with too many tired bodies waiting for a machine to bring them to the top, I will miss the chance to share some of these experiences with the random strangers who might become friends, the fellow sports fans who might offer a gamewithin-a-game entertainment, or the chance encounter with a long-lost friend whose winsome smile is the same as it was decades ago in an eighth-grade math class.

Biltmore Estate and Downton Abbey Celebrate the Gilded Age

eave the coronavirus, Biden and Sanders behind for now and come with me to a delightful place. I will take you on my magic carpet to the largest private residence in America that is also a historic landmark: the Biltmore. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, amid the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Biltmore is a country estate built by George Vanderbilt III in the style of a great Between European manor. To do so took six you and me years of work by BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF an army of artisans, and when the home formally opened Christmas Eve, 1895, it had four acres of ﬂoor space, 250 rooms,

of which 33 were family and guest bedrooms, with 43 bathrooms, 65 ﬁreplaces, three kitchens and an indoor swimming pool. In addition there were elegant furnishings, tapestries and artwork from Europe and Asia, and the home was ahead of its time with an elevator and a refrigerator. The mansion sat on 125,000 acres of forests, farms and a dairy, a 250-acre wooded park, ﬁve pleasure gardens and 30 miles of macadamized roadways. The architect was Richard Morris Hunt and the landscaper was Frederick Law Olmsted, known to us as the designer of New York’s Central Park. The cost to build such splendor was nearly $6 million out of Vanderbilt’s inheritance — that is about $1.6 billion today. He was then 33 years old. Jan Aertsen van der Bilt emigrated to America in 1650 from Holland and was a farmer on Staten Island with his family. But it was Cornelius Vanderbilt ((1794-1877) who made the fabulous fortune. At 16, he borrowed $100 from his mother, or so the story goes, and started a ferry service across New

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York Bay. That grew into a ﬂeet of more than 100 steamships that went as far as Central America and Europe. Appreciating the value of transportation, he eventually built a second fortune by investing in railroads, including New York Central. He also believed in philanthropy, donating $1 million to Central University in Nashville that was renamed Vanderbilt University. Continuing with that tradition, his eldest son, William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-85), who in turn doubled the family’s assets, donating generously to the Metropolitan Opera and endowing the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the medical school of Columbia University. And it was William Henry’s youngest son, George, born in 1862, who built the fabulous Biltmore Estate. He ﬁrst visited the area in 1888 with his mother, who came to breath the healthy mountain air as a remedy for her asthma. He fell in love with its rugged beauty and decided to build his home, emulating the vast baronies of Europe, in Asheville. It was to be not only a showcase for his large art and book collections

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but also a retreat for entertaining and a proﬁtable, self-supporting business. And so it is. In addition, with its thousands of original furnishings and artwork, it is an authentic picture of life during the Gilded Age. It is America’s larger version of Downton Abbey, only real. Visitors can stay at The Inn on Biltmore Estate or other hotels on the property, and take the picturesque shuttles around the estate. There is much to see and do beyond viewing the four-story ornamental French Renaissance château-style mansion. A winery, stables offering carriage and trail rides, farms with animals, gardens, a conservatory and several restaurants and gift shops populate the acres. And ﬂawless customer service from a large staff of some 2,300 accompanies the luxurious setting. More than 1.4 million guests visit the now downsized to 8,000 acres National Historic Landmark house, gardens, winery and village each year. And until April 7, there is an impressive exhibit of Downton Abbey, the series and movie, that further entertains. But at Biltmore, art merely imitates life.

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