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Mark Cuthbertson FOR COUNTY LEGISLATOR

• Graduate, Walt Whitman High School, Villanova University & Albany Law School • Former Coach, Northport/Cow Harbor, Northport Youth Center & Elwood Soccer Clubs • South Huntington School District Hall of Fame • NY State Recreation & Park Society Service Award • Police Chief’s PBA Public Service Award

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IMPROVING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE:

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• Supported acquisition of hundreds of acres of open space & improvements to parks, inc., turf ﬁelds, ice rink & skateboard parks

• Voted to impose ﬁscal restraint & STOP wasteful spending

• Fiscal restraint and ﬁnancial excellence • Support efforts to combat gangs and protect our community • Fight to improve the quality of our harbors and drinking water

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• Voted to aquire hundreds of new parking spaces in downtown Huntington 51760

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• Maintained Town’s AAA bond rating • Led the ﬁght to close Melissa Tavern, a threat to public safety in Huntington Station

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Suffolk County, Town of Huntington acquires development rights to Tilden Lane Farm Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, Bruce and Jeanne Tilden, Huntington Town board members, representatives from Suffolk County, Larry Foglia, Suffolk County Farm Committee Representative and environmental groups were on hand Oct. 21 to announce the Town and County’s 50-50 partnership in the acquisition of the development rights to the approximately 13.69 acres of Tilden Lane Farm, a farm that has been in operation since 1793. In July of 2015 Councilman Cuthbertson started the process for the Town of Huntington to consider acquiring the development rights to the farm (TOH resolution 2015-345 & 2017327) in conjunction with Suffolk County. In January 2020 the Town and County closed on a joint acquisition of farmland development rights of the Tilden Lane Farm. This acquisition was possible due to the Farmland Development Rights program, which began in 1974. Suffolk County was the first in the nation to create a program like this, which permanently preserves farmland. Other farms in Huntington that are protected in this manner include the 49-acre White Post Farm on West Pulaski Road in Huntington and the 1.9-acre former Ketcham Horse Farm in Fort Salonga both of which had their farmland development rights acquired by the County. In 2009 the Town and County shared in an acquisition of farmland development rights for 16.4 acres of the Richter’s orchard in East Northport and Fox Hollow Farm in South Huntington which is now ELIJA Farm. Since the creation of the program, Suffolk County has preserved over 11,000 acres. Additionally, other municipalities and land trusts have preserved 9,000 acres, bringing the countywide total to 20,000 acres. In 1998, when the first Huntington Environmental Open

From left, Bruce Tilden, Jeanne Tilden, Councilman Eugene Cook, Supervisor Chad Lupinacci, Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, Councilman Ed Smyth, Councilwoman Joan Cergol, Mark McAteer, Sarah Lansdale, August Ruckdeschel and Larry Foglia Photo from Town of Huntington

Space and Park Fund Review Advisory (or the EOSPA) Program was approved by Huntington residents, 15 open space acquisitions were made with the County’s support, matched by Town dollars. This helped to protect 2/3 of the total acreage conserved through the EOSPA program. The County Farmland Protection Program is known across the country. It preserved agricultural lands and farm livelihoods. It allows families and farmers to ply their heritage and opens opportunities for starting farmers to engage at a more reasonable cost. “I want to thank the Tilden family, Suffolk County, and the EOSPA committee. This collaboration will allow the Tilden Lane Farm to continue to operate as a working farm” said Councilman Mark Cuthbertson. “The thousands of acres of farmland in Suffolk

County that have been preserved, are a “winwin” in that it preserves the land and allows farming operations to continue in perpetuity. There is such little farm land in Western Suffolk County, I am proud to be a part of preserving every farm we can.” “Everyone at Tilden Lane Farm appreciates the support of our elected officials in the Town of Huntington and the County of Suffolk that will enable us to keep operating our 8-generation family farm!,” said Bruce Tilden. “Through the County’s first in the nation Farmland Preservation program, and thanks to the partnership of the Town of Huntington, we have been able to preserve more than 13 acres of farmland in Western Suffolk County – a major accomplishment when it comes to ensuring the future of farming all across

Suffolk,” said County Executive Bellone. “This family run farm, which has been in operation for centuries, will be able to continue their tradition of providing Christmas Trees to the surrounding community for generations to come.” “It is vital that we preserve as much of Long Island’s usable farmland as possible. I commend and thank Councilman Mark Cuthbertson for his hard work, as well as everyone on our Open Space Committee and in the Suffolk County Executive’s office who was involved in this important farmland acquisition” stated Councilwoman Joan Cergol “Thanks to the Town-County partnership that allowed the preservation of Tilden Farm and other ones like it, future generations will also be inspired to become advocates for the environment and protecting our green space,” said Supervisor Chad Lupinacci “Thank you to Bruce, his wife Jeanne, and the entire Tilden family as well as the county and EOSPA committee for working with the Town of Huntington to help preserve this open space and retain Tilden Farm’s agricultural purpose for generations to come. Acquiring Tilden Farm is an incredible example of what can be accomplished when local governments work together,” said Councilman Ed Smyth. “The purchase of the development rights for Tilden Farm is a wonderful way for Suffolk County and the Town of Huntington to partner in maintaining this farmland in perpetuity,”, stated Councilman Eugene Cook. “I want to thank the Tilden Family who will continue to operate this Greenlawn Christmas tree farm, while protecting it from development. I am proud to be part of preserving not only an important part of Long Island history, but a part of the charm that Huntington was built on.”

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County

Trotta condemns alleged corruption in Suﬀolk County BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) held a press conference last week, criticizing Democrats over the hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions made by the Suffolk County

Police Benevolent Association. Trotta made his case Oct. 21 with paperwork and news clips to back up his claims. This comes less than two weeks before the Nov. 2 election, where he attacked District Attorney Tim Sini (D) and County Executive Steve Bellone (D). “What we have here is New York State election law that’s being violated over and over again every single day — and it’s costing the taxpayers of this county millions of dollars,” Trotta said. According to the legislator, “New York State election law is very clear. All campaign contributions must be voluntary. You cannot force an employee to give you money, but that’s exactly what’s happening here in Suffolk County.” Trotta said that county union employees are being “forced” to give money and cannot get out of doing so. “They write letters to the district attorney, they write letters to the county executive, the coun-ty comptroller and they don’t stop it,” he said. “And that’s wrong. It corrupts county govern-ment and why does it corrupt county government? Because the unions gain so much power by giving money to certain politicians.

Legislator Rob Trotta presents evidence to support his claims of democrats unlawfully taking money from union workers for their political campaigns. Photos by Julianne Mosher

They can never be beat.” A retired Suffolk County police ofﬁcer himself, Trotta is also seeking reelection next week. He recalled that as an SCPD employee, he approved a $1 per paycheck deduction ($26 a

year) to go to the PBA. However, he said he never authorized additional funds be given to political campaigns. Trotta also said he is just one of two elected ofﬁcials in the legislature who do not take money from the police union.

Huntington Station Spray Park at Manor Field to Open Spring 2022 Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci and Deputy Supervisor, Councilman Ed Smyth announced the Town’s second spray park, at Manor Field Park in Huntington Station, will open in late Spring 2022. “The Manor Field Spray Park along with the new amenities we have coming soon are exciting steps in our plan to revitalize Huntington Station,” said Supervisor Lupinacci. “In the spring of 2022, the children of Huntington Station will have this first-class spray park in their backyard, along with a brand-new playground and new turf field that athletes of all ages can enjoy,” said Deputy Supervisor Councilman Smyth. At its February 11, 2020 meeting, the Huntington Town Board approved, by a 4-1 roll call vote, $750,000 in funding to build a spray park at Manor Field Park, part of Supervisor Lupinacci’s plans for the revitalization of Huntington Station. At their September 15, 2020 meeting, the Town Board authorized the Supervisor to apply for up to $189,000 in New York State and Municipal Facilities Capital Program grant funding for the Manor Field Spray Park Playground project, one of the requirements for the grant funding was a 100% park-type

use of the site of the project. Councilman Smyth sponsored a resolution appropriating $200,000 in funds to complete the spray park project at the September 14, 2021 Town Board meeting that will be returned to the fund balance if the grant funding is approved. In Spring and Summer 2021, preparations for the new playground and spray park included the replacement of the synthetic turf field at Manor Field Park, under which the previous septic system leaching pools for both the comfort station and community building were located. The sanitary system was replaced to handle the additional septic and water usage the spray park would bring. Both the sanitary permit and water permit took several months to obtain approvals. The old playground at Manor Field Park was slated for demolition in September 2021 but due to safety issues the old equipment presented, the Department of General Services demolished the playground in late August 2021. Construction on a new playground and the new Manor Field Spray Park will start in the coming weeks and will take approximately two months to complete. The spray park will officially open in Spring 2022.

Above, a renderings of the Manor Field Spray Park and Playground.

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ELECTION 2021

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Election 2021

Tim Sini and Ray Tierney butt heads in DA race BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The race between Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D) and prosecutor Ray Tierney, who is running on the Republican and Conservative lines, has been a contentious one. At the forefront, Tierney has questioned whether Sini has been as tough on crime as the DA himself has said, especially regarding the MS-13 gang. The two sat down with TBR News Media’s editorial staff Oct. 11 to discuss several issues including the biggest ones facing Suffolk County.

Meet the candidates

Sini was first elected to the DA’s office in 2017 and is running for his second term. His background includes being an assistant attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York where he ultimately specialized in violent crimes, which included prosecuting murder trials. He went on to serve as Suffolk’s assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini and prosecutor Ray Tierney sit down with the TBR News Media editorial staff to discuss their different approaches. Photos by Rita J. Egan deputy county executive for public safety and was appointed to the county police each year. He said since he’s been in office about results.” case involved three years of wiretapping commissioner position in January of 2016. violent crimes are down by about 30% and He also criticized Sini for the number of investigations. The takedown netted a “I love my job,” Sini said. “I wanted to overall crimes more than 20%. He added times his office has used plea bargaining, multitude of arrests, and Sini said his office year-to-date crime is down 7%. serve in my own backyard.” giving the example of a drug dealer that is now prosecuting the cases and is having a “We’ve been very effective in keeping Sini charged with a top count in 2021. lot of success. Tierney also grew up in Suffolk County. The DA said the reason Suffolk safe, and also moving However, he said, a year He began his law career in why many were charged with the criminal justice system in earlier that same dealer was the Suffolk DA’s office under murder conspiracy instead the right direction, but we charged with criminal sale DA James Catterson (R). of murder was because law knew that we had to reform of a controlled substance and The challenging candidate enforcement was able to stop the DA’s office and that’s then allowed to plea. left the DA’s office in 1999 and the killings from happening why I ran initially,” he said. went on to work for a private “If he’s a kingpin in due to the wiretaps used in Weeks before his election 2021, why do you give him firm and returned to the DA’s the investigation. Sini’s predecessor, former a misdemeanor in 2020?” office in 2002 and remained “Our detectives would go DA Tom Spota (D), was Tierney said. for another six years. out and stop the violence, arrested. Sini said the office He then worked in the Sini said pleading in certain and then we charged the has been reformed in various cases is not unusual, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the defendants in some cases ways. There has also been DA’s office may not have the Eastern District of New York with murder conspiracy,” he the hiring of more than as an assistant attorney for evidence needed in 2020. —Tim Sini said. “We stopped 10 murders 100 people, an increase in more than 11 years. from happening that way.” He left the office in 2019 —Ray Tierney diversity and an overhauling MS-13 gang He said the office, of the training program. to become an executive Tierney said Sini talks in addition to murder Tierney disputed Sini’s assistant district attorney in crime statistics saying about the biggest MS-13 gang busts and conspiracy pleas, has received pleas to assault the Kings County District shootings are up in Suffolk County, and asked for defendants’ names, pleas and and criminal possession of weapons, which Attorney’s office where he was in charge of the violent criminal enterprises bureau, crime he wants to use his experience in crime sentences. He also asked why not one was have significant sentences attached to them. “We’re making a difference in terms of charged with murder. strategies to bring those numbers down. strategies unit and body worn camera unit. MS-13 on Long Island, there’s no denying “If you have a crime strategies unit, if “Statistics can be manipulated,” Tierney In order to run for Suffolk County DA, Tierney had to leave the Brooklyn office said. “What we’re going to do is we’re going every two weeks you’re letting the statistics that,” Sini said. “And it’s not just the DA’s come out the stats will speak for themselves,” office, and we’re not suggesting otherwise. and is currently Suffolk Regional Off- to index the crimes.” It’s a collaborative effort from the local the prosecutor said. Tierney has criticized Sini’s approach Track Betting Corp.’s chief counsel for Tierney said doing so is an example police department, all the way up to our during his campaign. He said the DA’s office compliance and enforcement. will announce numerous indictments via press of being independent from the police and federal government.” Tierney said there were 46 gang releases but he said the office doesn’t send out county executive. Statistics Sini said his office has been part of one members on the indictment, and each one as many announcements about convictions. Sini said crime since he became police “I don’t dispute for a fact that he has very of the largest MS-13 takedowns, where 96 was responsible for two murders, which CONTINUED ON A13 commissioner and even as DA has gone down splashy arrests,” Tierney said. “I’m talking people were indicted in one county. The

‘Statistics can be manipulated. What we’re going to do is we’re going to index the crimes.’

‘We’re making a difference in terms of MS-13 on Long Island, there’s no denying that.’

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Election 2021

Sheriff Toulon speaks on staffing shortage among COVID challenges

BY KYLE BARR DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Errol Toulon Jr. (D) is running again for his seat as the Suffolk County sheriff with the hope to continue his efforts providing aid services for nonviolent inmates alongside the office’s law enforcement work with gangs and sex trafficking. Toulon’s opponent, William Amato, who is running on the Republican ticket, did not respond to multiple requests for a debate with TBR staff. The Suffolk County GOP office confirmed Amato is not actively campaigning. Toulon, who has cross-party endorsements from both the Suffolk Democratic and Conservative parties, said his job as head of his department is “to take the brunt of everything, good and bad. And during these real challenging times, I have to ask, ‘How do I keep my staff calm, how do I keep them safe, how do I feel like they’re still valued?’” And compared to his previous positions in corrections, his current job gives him a satisfaction he hasn’t had before. “I have a job now that directly impacts the community that I live and work in,” he said. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is the law enforcement branch dedicated to managing Suffolk’s jail system. Along with handling inmate populations, the office’s sheriff deputies are responsible for patrolling roadways alongside Suffolk County Police Department, investigating crimes committed on county property as well as managing the Pine Barrens protection hotline. The Sheriff’s Office also contains several specialized bureaus and sections for emergency management, DWI enforcement, domestic violence, among others. Toulon, a former Rikers Island officer and captain, was voted into his first four-year term as sheriff in 2017 and was the first Black man elected to the role in the county’s history. Over those four years, his office has been involved with several high-profile drug and gang investigations, which included fact-finding trips to El Salvador and Los Angeles to investigate the connections of MS-13 to Long Island. He is proud of his office’s accomplishments, including his work with the office’s human trafficking unit and the creation of the START Resource Center, which provides inmates leaving county jails with employment and housing assistance as well as drug treatment and mental health care services. But the year 2020 would throw a monkey wrench into all best-laid plans. Toulon said last year started out rough with the change to New York’s bail reform laws. Then the COVID-19 pandemic created a host of new challenges, especially safeguarding prison populations as well as corrections officers. During COVID’s height, officers kept inmates largely separated, which resulted in a minimal

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr., above, will be running for his second term this November. His opponent William Amato is not actively campaigning. Photo from Toulon’s office

number of reported cases in Suffolk jails. Still, the year did have its share of tragedies, including the loss of Investigator Sgt. Keith Allison, a 25year veteran of the office who died from issues relating to the virus in December. Recently, the Sheriff’s Office had to cancel its open house and family day due to staff shortages and the spread of the Delta variant. The sheriff’s website reports that, in September, 29 inmates tested positive for COVID, where 26 of those reportedly contracted the virus while in jail. Inmates are required to quarantine in a special housing pod for 14 days before being moved to general housing. Staff must take temperature checks and wear masks when coming into the facilities. And all these extra protections have exacerbated current staffing shortages. Toulon said the Sheriff’s Office is currently down around 180 corrections officers and 43 sheriff’s deputies. The recruitment struggle is one felt across many industries, law enforcement not excluded, though Toulon said his office has a uniquely difficult time getting people to apply, to have applicants pass the required tests and then to keep them on after they’ve had a taste of what can be a trying job at times. The challenge

in recruiting is partially due to what he said has been a degradation of trust between law enforcement and the community since the start of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. The Suffolk sheriff has also seen more senior officers retire because of health concerns during the pandemic, and because of COVID they were not able to host any new police classes last year. Though there are currently over 1,700 people who are ready to take the next law enforcement exam in November, the expected acceptance rate is normally around just 15% to 20%, Toulon said. This lack of staff also has the effect of increasing required overtime for current officers, leading to faster burnout. “Sometimes, even when you get through the entire process and they have their first days in a jail when they’re working a lot of overtime, having to deal with inmates … it becomes challenging on the individual, especially someone that’s not used to it,” the sheriff said. It’s another stress on a system that he said requires more financial help to truly give aid to the transient, nonviolent jail populations who need it. Toulon would like to see more psychologists and psychiatrists within the jail

providing counseling, though there’s currently no budget for it. “The mental health institutions throughout New York state were closed in the 1980s or 1990s, and so these individuals are winding up in jail, but [state government] never funded the jails,” he said. “The staffing model for the Sheriff’s Office was really from a 1960s or ’70s version, and it hasn’t been updated to what we need to do to address the particular individuals in our custody.” Though the sheriff said their new initiatives have not increased the office’s budget, he is still banging the drum for more funding. Suffolk County reportedly received approximately $286 million in aid from the federal American Rescue Plan back in May, though Toulon said they have not received any percentage of those funds. County spokesperson Derek Poppe said in an email that no ARP money is slated to go to the sheriff’s department. Challenges still exist for Suffolk jails due to the pandemic. Corrections officers are still required to wear masks on their shifts. At the same time, only around 40% of corrections officers are currently vaccinated. There is no legal requirement for Suffolk law enforcement to be vaccinated in order to work, and while Toulon is fully vaccinated, he said he told his staff to consult their primary care physicians to make that determination. “I understand it’s an individual’s choice at the moment,” he said. The number of people incarcerated in Suffolk jails hovers around 780, according to the sheriff, though that population is transient, and can change from day to day. The Sheriff’s Office, through the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, has tried to provide vaccinations for its inmates, leading to around 350 so far. Still, only approximately 30% to 40% of that jail population is currently vaccinated. “All we can do is just try to encourage the inmates to at least receive the vaccine — hopefully help them learn a little bit more if they’re a little skeptical before making that decision,” he said. As for the future, the sheriff said he wants to work hard to make sure that the majority of the inmate population — all those who are nonviolent and not a danger to the community — receive the social services they need. “Everybody should be held accountable for their actions, I should be very clear on that, and [incarceration] is necessary for those who would do harm to be removed from society,” Toulon said. “But those men and women that are going through domestic violence, substance abuse — we have many victims of human trafficking that are in our custody, many females that we’re working with — we want to help them, empower them so that they can support themselves and support their families.”

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Election 2021

Rob Trotta seeks fifth term as county legislator

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) is running for reelection once again in the 13th Legislative District after taking his seat in 2014. Also on the ballot are Democrat Kevin Mulholland, who isn’t actively campaigning, and Michael Simonelli on the Conservative ticket. Simonelli didn’t respond to TBR News Media’s request to participate in the debate. The 13th Legislative District includes Smithtown, Fort Salonga, Kings Park, San Remo, Nissequogue, Head of the Harbor and St. James, as well as portions of Commack and East Northport. The district is bounded by Route 25 to the south, Larkfield Road to the west, the Long Island Sound to the north and the Brookhaven town line to the east. Trotta said he wants to run again because he wants “to clean up.” “I hate to say that I dwell on corruption, but I do,” the county legislator said. “I think you need someone like me who’s the thorn in the side to keep people straight because quite honestly they’re not straight.” While fighting corruption may be at the forefront of his mind, Trotta said what he enjoys most about his position is helping his constituents, especially senior citizens, and acknowledging the good works of community members such as Eagle Scouts. Trotta said he takes exception with some of Simonelli’s campaign tactics where the Conservative candidate has called Trotta a “communist” and has said the county legislator wants to defund the police, which he said is not true at all. He said his opponent’s campaign is based on Simonelli being a police officer, but Trotta said his opponent has performed no police function in the last 10 years. Simonelli serves as treasurer of the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association. According to Simonelli’s campaign website, he is an active police officer in Suffolk and has been for 21 years. For nine of those years, he has also been a Suffolk PBA executive board member.

wasteful spending in the police department, but said he does not believe in defunding the police. His concern is about salaries, overtime and pensions. He said there are 16 people in the SCPD who taxpayers are paying $300,000 each a year even though they don’t perform an active police function and don’t go on calls. He added this cost taxpayers millions each year and could be the equivalent of hiring 100 new officers. Trotta said he believes the police should be paid well, but increases shouldn’t be three times the cost of living. He said this has been done six out of eight years. “How do you get that much in raises when [the county has] no money?” he said. “We borrowed $550 million from the pension fund, we drained the clean water fund for $250 million.” He said he’s not against county police officers getting salary increases. “Just make it the cost of living,” he said, adding the police officers contract includes that if the cost of living goes up more than 5% they can reopen their contract. “The roads and everything else suffers when you’re paying 2,300 people a third of your budget — a billion dollars,” —Rob Trotta Trotta said.

‘I think you need someone like me who’s the thorn in the side to keep people straight because quite honestly they’re not straight.’

Suffolk County Police Department

Trotta, who was a SCPD officer for 25 years and on the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force for over 10, has been vocal about

County budget

The 2022 county budget will have a surplus, and Trotta said it’s not the norm and is due to millions of federal aid, stimulus aid and unemployment supplement. “I’m happy to see that the [Steve] Bellone administration (D) is actually going to pay down some of our debt with it,” he said. But Trotta still has concerns as he said sales tax revenue was up 20% which led to millions of dollars, but the county is budgeting flat this year. He said no one can predict, though, if sales revenue would go down, and he said he would budget the same as in 2020.

Sewers

Simonelli’s campaign is saying Trotta is against sewers but the county legislator said that couldn’t be further from the truth. Long Island Environmental Voters Forum recently endorsed him. Recently, Trotta has been advocating for current Kings Park sewer district residents and businesses impacted by an expansion

Suffolk County Rob Trotta stopped by the TBR News Media offices to talk about his bid for reelection. Photo by Rita J. Egan

of the Kings Park sewage treatment plant to vote “yes” on Dec. 14 for sewers for Kings Park’s business district. He is in favor of working toward ensuring that Smithtown’s Main Street and Lake Avenue in St. James also are hooked up to sewer systems in the future.

Election law

be voluntary.” He said county District Attorney Tim Sini (D) benefits from this procedure with contributions around $500,000 and County Executive Bellone around a million dollars. Trotta said he has a problem with his opponent Simonelli being the treasurer of the PBA, and therefore being responsible for transferring the money. The county legislator held a press conference about the —Rob Trotta matter on Oct. 21. (For the full story, see page A5)

‘How do you get that much in raises when [the county has] no money?’

One of Trotta’s biggest concerns is election law. He said the PBA collects $1 a day from every police officer and probation officer, and village department members in Amityville, Northport and Ocean Beach. While the departments can opt out of this, an individual police officer cannot. He said state election law 17-156 is clear in stating “all campaign contributions must

Fighting corruption

Trotta said he’s not afraid of fighting corruption, and he knows he works for the taxpayers. “I don’t respond well to people bullying me,” he said.

Election 2021

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Cuthbertson and Bontempi seek Spencer’s county seat

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While the race for Suffolk County legislator in the 18th Legislative District got off to a rocky start with contentious mailers sent by both candidates, the tone was civil during a TBR News Media Zoom debate with candidates Mark Cuthbertson (D), currently serving as Town of Huntington councilman, and Stephanie Bontempi, a newcomer to the political field. County Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) has served the district for nearly a decade, but decided not to run this year. He is currently facing charges for allegedly trading oxycodone for sex.

Meet the candidates

he’s probably making in excess of six figures.” He added it’s important to continue giving police the resources they need but also to demand accountability. Cuthbertson said it’s important to evolve and embrace “the mental health piece of the police reform plan to embrace other issues.” It’s important to look at issues in Suffolk County, he added, where studies show Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to get pulled over or be part of an escalated situation. “Let’s compensate our police adequately and well, but let’s ask that they embrace change and accountability, and I think 99% of the police force do,” Cuthbertson said. “I think it’s a matter of just a cultural shift that hopefully is going on.”

Sewers

He said with approximately $286 million from the American Recovery Plan, there’s Bontempi, who grew up in Sweden and a possibility that some funding will go to came to the U.S. for college and decided to Huntington Station sewering. He said there stay in New York, is a fifth-grade teacher at The Green Vale School in Old Brookville. The Political newcomer Stephanie Bontempi and Town of Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson are vying for William has been a study of the area and the direction the town should go and the best alternatives to wife and mother, of three grown children, has Spencer’s county legislative seat. Photos from candidates connect to an existing sewering system. lived in Centerport for 30 years. she said. “I would suggest that we repay some “I think by partnering with the county we She’s the chairperson of Town of County budget of our debt to lower our interest expenses.” could affect some really great change for the Huntington’s Beautification Advisory Council Cuthbertson said there are several things Bontempi added the county’s Department environment for economic development in one and has been a member of several local that are good in the proposed Suffolk County of Social Services needs more attention. She fell swoop,” Cuthbertson said. organizations. In addition to teaching, she has budget, including $125 million for wastewater said the department is overwhelmed and He added they have to do a better job in a degree in finance and two graduate degrees infrastructure which he thinks is key. He also understaffed leading to not talking to residents about in education-related subjects. agrees with the $35 million having the proper resources replacing their septic systems She said with more time for main street recovery to serve the community. with low-nitrogen units. on her hands now that her to help businesses hit by Cuthbertson agreed that Bontempi agreed that children are grown, she COVID-19 and money being able to staff social sewers are important. She decided to run for office and put aside if the pandemic services at adequate levels said in addition to Huntington be a “voice for the people in becomes an ongoing issue. is important. Station, areas north of Route our community.” “I think the good parts of “We have 7.2% of this 25A need to be looked at, “I’ve seen a decline in our this budget are the reserve county living in poverty, and too. She said higher-density area,” Bontempi said. “Our funds,” he said. “I think that’s areas and elevated areas have taxes are going up, roads been a key to our success in there are outcomes there that . are very difficult and beyond more toxins seeping into the failing, the environment, the Town of Huntington is —Mark Cuthbertson when you have good years people in poverty, that are —Stephanie Bontempi ground and making it to local water quality and so forth … waterways. rather than complain, I want to — not just squandering in difficult circumstances that need the help of She added the new lowtry to do something about it.” that money on spending — government,” he said. nitrogen septic systems need Cuthbertson has been a reserving it for things that you more work as they are expensive to install, town councilman for more than two decades. have to pay in the future. So, there’s money even with the county grant. He grew up in Huntington Station and that’s going toward tax stabilization. There’s Suffolk County Police Department “We have to protect our water,” she said. graduated from Walt Whitman High School. money that’s going toward debt service reserve Bontempi said after people’s physiological He’s a husband and father of three children. fund and insurance reserve fund, pensions and needs are met the next fundamental need to “There is no question about it.” The two agreed there are difficulties with As a councilman as well as an attorney, he payouts of employees which are important.” thrive is safety. said he’s been involved in local government in “We need to feel safe in our homes,” she getting sewers in certain areas of the district Bontempi said one has to be careful when a public and private capacity. He said he has using the term surplus, especially since the said. “We need to feel safe dropping our due to topography. “good grounding” when it comes to not only county has additional funds due to federal children at the school bus. We need to feel town issues but county issues. safe walking our dogs. So, I am very much a William “Doc” Spencer government aid and not taxpayers’ money. “I really feel that I can bring the breadth of my “We have to be very careful with how we proponent for law enforcement.” Both candidates said regarding Spencer experience to the county and work with the county utilize this money,” Bontempi said. She added because of this she feels police they would like to continue his work to help executive, who has been a friend for 24 years, to do She added the county has pulled money officers should be provided funding for save the environment such as the plastic bag things for the 18th Legislative District.” from the budget for a long time and money adequate training and to be well equipped. initiative. Bontempi added she applauds his He added he’s proud of helping to preserve has been taken out from the funds for sewer Cuthbertson said it’s well known that work in saving open space, such as Coindre SCPD officers make good money and county Hall Park that overlooks Huntington Harbor. and protect more than 1,000 acres of land in stabilization and environmental causes. “I would suggest that we replenish the areas residents know “a police officer joins the force Both candidates said Spencer’s work regarding the Town of Huntington and contributing to the where money has been taken out, definitely,” and in a short period of time, with overtime, the opioid crisis is also important to continue. town’s triple-A bond rating.

‘I really feel that I can bring the breadth of my experience to the county.’

‘Rather than complain, I want to try to do something about it ’

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Election 2021

Three on the ballot for Huntington Town supervisor BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRENEWSMEDIA.COM Residents in the Town of Huntington will have three options for their new supervisor Nov. 2. Two councilmen and a newcomer are on the ballots, each bringing their own expertise to the table. With current town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R) not seeking reelection, Huntington will have a new supervisor in January. Two town council seats are also up for grabs in next month’s election. Ed Smyth (R), of Lloyd Harbor, has served as town councilman for four years and is now seeking the top position, while councilman Eugene Cook, of Greenlawn, is running as a third-party Independent candidate. Cook is a former Republican who unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination for supervisor. Democratic candidate Rebecca Sanin, president and CEO of nonprofit Health & Welfare Council of Long Island, is seeking supervisor and said her years as a public servant can bring a new perspective to Huntington.

Eugene Cook

Cook has been a councilman in the town for the last 10 years and is running for supervisor on a Stop LIPA Party line. A businessowner of more than 40 years, Cook said he is “strictly business and it’s all about money.” “We have to run each town and municipality as a business,” he said. “And that hasn’t happened.” Cook said he has been “very disappointed to see the last four years” because things “haven’t gotten done” during Lupinacci’s term. “There is no transparency, and there’s some real problems with that,” he said. Cook’s idea for the future of Huntington is working it as a business. “We have all these great ideas that people want to do, but it costs a lot of money to do that,” he said. “You have to manage the money to get it done.” Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cook closed his construction business and retired. “I’ve never been happier,” he said, “And I’ve never been busier.” As councilman, Cook has “fought tirelessly to hold the line on taxes and spending while maintaining balanced budgets.” He said that if he takes on the role of supervisor, he will “continue to champion the cause of a better Huntington for the future, while respecting Huntington families, residents, business owners and taxpayers.”

Ed Smyth, Rebecca Sanin and Eugene Cook during TBR News Media’s in-person debates Oct. 22. Photos by Julianne Mosher

Rebecca Sanin

Sanin, who resides in Huntington Station, said that over the last four years, she has been working on small business and nonprofit sustainability. With her nonprofit experience, she has helped with issues including health equity and hunger relief for Long Island. “What I’ve seen during COVID-19 is how important it is to have government pull the levers to really improve the quality of people’s lives,” she said. Prior to joining Health & Welfare, Sanin was an assistant deputy county executive in Suffolk County, where she led the performance management team. The mother of two daughters chose to raise them here because she loves the community. “I love this town,” she said. “I don’t believe that it has been properly managed for the last few years and I’m particularly concerned about the lack of a strong COVID recovery plan in our town and what’s happening with our small businesses.”

Sanin said that she is different than her two opponents because she is currently not an elected official and does not work in the town. “I have a fresh set of eyes that I’m bringing to town government and also a very different perspective on how things need to run when it comes to the budget,” she said.

Ed Smyth

Smyth’s parents moved to Huntington in 1971 and he stayed to raise his four children there, too. Elected to the Huntington Town Board in 2017, he voted to enact term limits and to make the resolution process more transparent to the community. He has voted to preserve open space and slow down overdevelopment in downtowns, but his biggest concern was to settle the LIPA lawsuit. Now on the ticket for supervisor, Smyth said he is running on an infrastructure platform — focusing on sewers, drainage and roadways.

“I look at the town as a whole, having been living here my entire life, and I see areas of town that have been neglected that I want to address, particularly Huntington Station,” he said. He said that it is “vitally important” to get a sewer line put in from Huntington railroad station south to Walt Whitman Mall, which currently does not have a sewer line. “That’s the driving reason why there hasn’t been any capital investment in the Huntington Station area,” he said. “There is federal money available to do that.” Smyth is a practicing lawyer in Huntington village for the last 24 years. He is also a veteran — a former Marine staff sergeant — which he said gives him a different style of management compared to Lupinacci. “He has taken a very hands-off approach,” Smyth said. “That’s not my style. I will be very involved with every department and be hands-on.”

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SINI/TIERNEY Continued from A8

Sini interrupted and said it was murder conspiracy. “Now he said he thwarted 10 murders,” Tierney said. “Now how exactly did he thwart those 10 murders? By arresting them? Well, the manner in which he arrested them was, he had this big splashy takedown after two years and then he arrested all 96 at once. So, in order for that statement to be true, that would have meant that as he prepared his press release, as he called all the media, as he got everything all ready for the takedown, the night before 10 murders became apparent. And then he took those individuals down.” Tierney said he has a problem with that style as “that’s not how it works when we do our MS-13 indictments.” “We take them down as soon as possible,” he said. “We don’t care about the indictment. We care about the results, and you can’t

thwart 10 murder conspiracies, all at once, it’s an impossibility. There’s no way that 10 murder conspiracies come to fruition at the exact date of the takedown.” Tierney said Sini seals his cases because he doesn’t want the public to see the plea bargains that he has given. Sini said that was false since indictments are public, except for certain cases that may need to be sealed due to cooperators or under certain circumstances, and it’s appropriate to do so.

‘We’re running to be a CEO of a major law firm. I have significant managerial experience with a track record. He has zero.’

Drug epidemic

Sini said the drug epidemic has been one of the most significant public safety problems for more than a decade. He said the approach is investing in prevention, treatment, recovery and law enforcement. “Law enforcement even —Tim Sini plays a role in treatment, too, because you can create and implement diversion programs, where you get low-level offenders who are suffering from addiction into treatment programs,” he said. He added drug offenders also need to be aggressively investigated and prosecuted.

“We’ve done that,” he said. “I’ll give you two examples, both in terms of bringing operators and major trafficker charges the top felony counts, these are significant prosecutions, and we’re leading the state on doing that.” He said the sentences can be 25 years to life. Tierney said he feels the most significant public safety problem is the rise of crime in the county, whether gun violence or the opioid epidemic. He added it’s important to keep an eye on the U.S. southern border as powder fentanyl is being brought into the country. The powder form is sprinkled into cocaine unbeknownst to the buyer.

He has zero.” Sini said he believes his office has done “great work on a number of different fronts,” and he’s running on his record. “We brought some of the most significant cases in the region on a variety of public safety fronts — the drug epidemic, gang violence, human trafficking, environmental crime.” Tierney said he never thought he would get involved in the political process. “I think what we’re seeing is our leadership is gaslighting us,” he said. “We’re being told everything’s great, everything’s wonderful. They are talking points.” Tierney said the main function of the office is to Summing up prosecute. Sini said that Tierney has —Ray Tierney “We are dismissing criticized him for not having cases,” he said. “We’re not as much trial experience indicting cases. This is the as he, and said that’s just management of the office, but an issue of age, since he is younger than the challenger. The DA said to say you’re a CEO and a manager’s office, that while prosecuting is part of the job there it is the prosecutor’s office. We need someone to prosecute those cases.” is more to it. “We’re running to be a CEO of a major The winner of the DA race will hold office law firm,” he said. “I have significant managerial experience with a track record. for the next four years.

‘We take them down as soon as possible,” he said. “We don’t care about the indictment. We care about the results ...’

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Election 2021

Four vie for two open seats on Huntington town board

BY KYLE BARR DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

With two seats open on the Huntington Town Board, whoever finds themselves filling those empty positions will have their hands full, whether it’s helping bring business to the town during and after COVID-19 or dealing with water quality issues and shoring up the coastline. Despite all that, the four candidates vying for the Town Board each said during a relaxed and downright friendly debate within TBR News Media’s office that they want to reestablish a sense of bipartisanship and civility to politics, especially as they look to represent a way forward for Huntington in these uncertain times. Candidates David Bennardo and Sal Ferro are running on the Republican and Conservative party lines, while Joseph Schramm and Jennifer Hebert have gained the nods of the Democratic and Working Families parties. With current council seats for Ed Smyth (R), who is running for town supervisor, and Mark Cuthbertson (D), running for county legislator, their seats will be filled by two newcomers in 2022. All candidates agreed that the rising cost of living on Long Island and Huntington is a major issue for everyone. Schramm, who lives in Northport, owns a sports marketing agency that includes high-end soccer clientele. He said he moved his business mostly remote, away from its old office in Manhattan and now bases it in Huntington. He said there are multiple businesses looking to move out from New York like his, and that this is an opportunity for the town to attract them to the North Shore. He would start a committee to specifically look at attracting businesses like other television and production companies. Ferro, of Commack and the CEO of Alure Home Improvements, agreed that the town should attract new businesses, adding that Huntington has a lot to offer, whether it’s the Melville office corridor, a regional medical center, a large train station and access to the Hauppauge Industrial Park. The town can relay these opportunities by creating zoning where people want to develop. “Why did Amazon go with Oyster Bay and not Huntington — it was more attractive,” Ferro said. “We’re not attractive, you have to become attractive.” Bennardo, a Greenlawn resident, recently retired as the superintendent of South Huntington school district. He argued that the town would best be served with certain tax abatements, tax incentives and cutting red tape that restricts businesses from setting up shop, especially in the empty spaces that are already developed throughout the town. He referred to one example as the lengthy wait for pool permits, which not only hurts homeowners, but decreases the number of contracts for businesses who install those pools.

Candidates for Huntington Town Board, from left, David Bennardo, Sal Ferro, Jennifer Hebert and Joseph Schramm took part in a debate at TBR News Media’s office. Photos by Rita J. Egan

Hebert, who in the past was a nine-year school board member and president of Huntington school district, said she comes from a family of small business owners and that she agreed that there’s a need to support and welcome those large businesses into the town. As for the empty storefronts around town, she would gather experts in current business trends to see where the market is going and find which businesses will survive being in brick and mortar. At the same time, she argued there’s a need for the town to cut down on expenses and potentially hire a grant writer to analyze different new grant-based revenue streams. As well, the town could use an updated master plan. “I think that Huntington has been going about this in a very haphazard way,” she said. “And, really, what we need is a plan that reflects what our community wants and what we have available for us to do in Huntington.” Ferro agreed but added that it’s better to find grant writers specialized in specific arenas like the environment. Further, he said that while COVID has posed a problem for some businesses, it has also proved a boon to some others. The recent closure of the venerable Book Revue in Huntington village was a big blow to the community. Regarding the issue of filling empty storefronts in the town, the home improvements CEO argued that a big problem is rent prices, especially in the village. He said the town needs to look at rent abatements and work with landlords to try and fill those empty storefronts. Looking at the empty spaces in the Huntington train station parking lot shows that less people are commuting to the city for work, Schramm said. Instead, he argued the town should look at more shared office spaces for small businesses. “Let’s not stumble over what’s behind us,” the marketing agency owner said. “We have to reimagine our downtowns, but what we have is a huge new workforce that exists in our town. Let’s figure out a way to leverage it.”

Bennardo also confirmed his support for rent abatements for small businesses, especially since mom-and-pop shops make so little money for the first few years after opening. He said certain regulations, like those that restrict upstairs apartments, could be nixed to better facilitate “I don’t see any real thing wrong with using a part of your building for two or three apartments upstairs,” he said. “It’s really what’s going on across the country. They don’t put six-story buildings up, they don’t destroy the integrity of a neighborhood, you don’t even know they’re there.” Recent reports by environmental groups on Long Island routinely report water quality issues with bays on the North Shore. Particularly the bays in Centerport and Cold Spring Harbor report dangerous lack of oxygen in the water, which has led in part to dangerous algae blooms. Schramm said he would support dredging Northport Harbor, which he said would be “an expensive proposition, but it has a lot of environmental benefits,” especially regarding fish die-offs and hypoxia in the bay waters. Northport also has a bio-filtration FLUPSY program in the works, which will help preserve the oyster population and clean the harbor waterways, and he said he would like to see that expanded to other bays in the Town of Huntington. Other than the bays, Schramm said he would like to see town parks and facilities updated and improved to the same quality as neighboring townships. Hebert agreed, and shared that she would like to deal with concerns of Centerport and Eaton’s Neck residents about beach erosion and crumbling seawalls. Especially important is getting everybody to sit around the table to confer, with Hebert adding that she doesn’t feel text or even Zoom meetings have facilitated the interactions that actually get things done. Bennardo said additional issues remain with facilitating upland and downland drainage

systems, and that there’s a need now to clean out those drainage systems before they leak into both the aquifer and the bays. The other issue remains cesspools, something all the candidates agreed were antiquated and need to be replaced where they can. “That’s not an area where we can let cost be an argument because it’s our drinking water,” he said. Ferro said there are millions of dollars in grant money available to aid in environmental remediation projects within the next several years, and it’s imperative that the town focuses on getting a piece of that pie. He agreed with the other candidates that oysters are a good option for cleaning out bays, adding that regarding the antiquated cesspools, promoting nitrogenreducing systems where sewers won’t fit is also critical. Overall, the candidates confirmed their commitment to seeing a change in the way local government sees the people and, perhaps more introspectively, sees itself. Ferro said he’s more than used to working with electeds on both sides of the aisle. Schramm, as an openly gay man who lives with his life-partner Steve, said he would work toward a more inviting Huntington for everyone. “Our Town Hall needs to start having people provide sign language at Town Board meetings,” he said. “We need to include everybody in our community. We need to be a welcoming Town Hall.” Around the table, among mutual compliments, Hebert put an emphasis on the need for compromise and a shared sense of consideration for each other. “I would say you have four people here who are representing exactly what you should do to restore trust and leadership,” she said. Bennardo echoed the sentiment, adding, “We all want to win, but we’ve made a decision that you have to act like an adult. No good compromise ever happens when someone’s calling someone a socialist or Marxist or a fascist or any of that — it’s nonsense.”

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Thanking clinical trial volunteers who make treatments and vaccinations possible

f your children are under the age of 12 and the Food and Drug Administration soon approves a COVID-19 vaccine, you’ll have many people to thank for the opportunity to return them to a more normal, and safer, childhood, including four-year-old Maggie, seven-year-old Lily and eight-and-a-half-yearold Dan Barsi. The three siblings, who live in East Setauket with their parents James and Jennifer Barsi, recently participated in a clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine at Stony Brook Hospital. D. None While the children don’t know whether they of the above received vaccinations BY DANIEL DUNAIEF for the virus or the placebo, they are three of numerous children who volunteered to test the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to make sure it was safe before health care providers administer it to the broader population. Their children “knew what they were signing up for,” said Dr. James Barsi, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. “It’s something to help other people.”

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Indeed, the community benefits from volunteers like the Barsis, who participate in clinical trials that evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment, help determine the correct doses, and reveal potential side effects before the rest of the population gets the COVID-19 vaccine or any other medicine or therapeutic intervention. “We would never make advances in medicine without families — adults and children — volunteering to participate in clinical trials,” said Dr. Sharon Nachman, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Some treatments for a range of illnesses or conditions look promising in the earlier stages of clinical development, such as phase 1 or phase 2. When they reach phase 3, during which researchers provide medicine to a much larger volunteer population, they sometimes fall short of expectations. “Companies will tout drugs as the next best thing,” Dr. Nachman said. “When they get into phase 3, they are not better than standard therapy.” Clinical trials on even an ineffective drug or one that produces side effects, however, can help pharmaceutical companies and health care providers by signaling what these professionals should look for in future treatments, Dr. Nachman added.

While volunteers of any age take risks by participating in these studies, they also have considerable medical oversight. “They are well protected,” Dr. Nachman said. “When you participate in a clinical trial, you don’t just have two sets of eyes on you; you have 100 sets of eyes.” Volunteers for clinical trials not only take some risk before everyone else in the community, but they also experience regular testing and monitoring. The Barsi children, for example, had to have blood work and nose swabs. “We call it a brain swab,” Jennifer Barsi said. “The kids are so excited about getting a treat afterwards, but they still have to do the hard thing.” Health care professionals throughout Long Island shared their appreciation for clinical trial volunteers. Without them “none of these innovative therapies and drugs would exist,” said Stephanie Solito, Research Manager of the Oncology Service Line at Catholic Health, which includes Smithtown-based St. Catherine of Siena and Port Jefferson-based St. Charles Hospital. When Daniel Loen, Catholic Health’s Vice President of Oncology Services, takes any medicine, he appreciates that patients were “willing to sacrifice something or take on some kind of increased risk to get on a trial for the good

From left, 8 1/2-year-old Dan Barsi, Jennifer Barsi, Maggie Barsi (age 4), James Barsi, and Lily Barsi (age 7)

of humanity and medicine.” As for the specific COVID-19 pediatric trials, Dr. Nachman said parents and children have to approve to participate. Doctors talk with children in an age-appropriate way about these clinical trials. Dan Barsi was born at 25 weeks old. He stayed in the hospital for several months and is now a healthy child. Jennifer and James felt that this was their opportunity to give back to the next generation. The children who participated in clinical research before Dan was born helped make it possible for him to get the best treatment, and now they feel they’re doing the same thing.

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OF 145 Carroll undersigne in the Town 605771/20 and State Index No. 612469-20 2018, I, the 26, 2018 Defendant(s) NATIONsell at public County of Suffolk Dated: September Jr., Esq., Esq., District 0200, of Referee will SUFFOLK COUNTY -againstof front steps of New York, Daniel J. Panico, Vincent Messina, Plaintiff Block 03.00 to a Judgment auction on the Hall, BANK, 311.00, AL Pursuant Town Section Referee ApproxiFRISCIA, Referee and Sale duly the Brookhaven ANTHONY P. Foreclosure the ce Hill, Farmand Lot 007.000. 30, 2018 I, of judgment LLC 1 Independen Meyer & Gitdated July will mate amount plus interest York, on DEBORAH Gross Polowy, Referee Cohen, Warren, 0 ingville, New for PlainPlaintiff KELLY L. FRISCIA, undersigne d auction at the 2018 at 11:00 be is $352,985.2 Attorney for 100 if living, and ter, P.C., Attorneys in November 2, Premises will Drive, Suite A. 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COMPANY, Pope, and filedthe County of process to the point on the judgment $529,119.7 PremMORTGAGE of SOUTH DAKOTA Avenue, discosts. a copy of the YOON OUMJ of the Clerk LLC, 1967 31, 1974 of Hempstead to interest and Plaintiff against MCINTOSH; HWAN KIM; Northerly from LLC: YUANTIAN sold subject Index No. in Suffolk on January L. STE 1 #086, tant 120 feet ises will be MARY HYANG KANG,Pursuant to 30, as defined as measured Wehrle DR., MCINTOSH; of filed Judgas File No. A. Toledo Street, 14221. Purpose: provisions of the Conside of CHARLES 19391/2013. JR, et 618540/2017. 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Endorsements 2021 Go with Cuthbertson’s experience Trotta ﬁghts the good ﬁght in the 18th Legislative District

Both Mark Cuthbertson and Stephanie Bontempi bring a lot of good ideas to the table, and we appreciated their cordialness toward each other despite their campaigns getting off to a bad start with contentious mailers. Both also seemed apologetic about the literature. It shows that both are capable of reaching across party lines and working with others. The fact that they agreed on many issues also demonstrated this character. In this race, we endorse Cuthbertson whose approach we felt was backed by more facts and data than his opponent. The town councilman also has experience working with elected ofﬁcials on all levels which would help him to hit the ground running if chosen as county legislator in his district. We hope that Bontempi will continue to be involved in the town and seek public ofﬁce in the future if she’s not elected on Nov. 2 to the county legislator seat, as she has a fresh perspective that would be an asset during these divisive times. We were also impressed with her concerns for those in the social services system.

During this election campaign, we have found many candidates who are just placeholders on the ballot. We were disappointed to ﬁnd that Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta’s (R-Fort

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Sini is leading DA’s oﬃce in the right direction

We were impressed with the passion of both Tim Sini (D) and Ray Tierney (R), and they both brought good ideas to the table during the recent TBR News Media debate. They also were ready to back up what they said during the interview with documentation. While Tierney has more experience in the courtroom, Sini made a good point during the debate that being DA is more than being a prosecutor, it’s also about managing the office. This is an important fact as the DA’s office, like many in Suffolk County, has a great deal of taxpayers money to manage. We felt that the current DA has more of a sense of the overall responsibilities. The relationships Sini has forged through the years with fellow elected officials in the county are also important. Being voted into office after Tom Spota (D) was removed as DA, Sini was

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tasked with revamping the office. We think he has done a good job in doing so, and we would like to see him continue in the office. We hope that Tierney, who said he never thought he would be involved in politics, will stay in the arena. He has a lot of good ideas and the passion behind them to fight for the public.

Salonga) opponents in the 13th Legislative District were not available to debate him. His Democratic opponent is not actively campaigning, and while his Conservative opponent has plenty of signs around the district, he didn’t respond to our requests to debate Trotta. We understand that he has not debated Trotta at all this election season. We respect that, as a former law enforcement ofﬁcer, Trotta doesn’t just rubber stamp pay increases for county police ofﬁcers. While he believes they should be properly compensated, as do we, he doesn’t believe that pay raises should be three times the cost of living. In other words, he understands that one of his jobs is to manage taxpayers money. He also is a proponent of sewering in the district and is ready to work with towns on this matter. Rob Trotta has our endorsement.

Toulon the only pick for county sheriff With current Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr.’s (D) only opponent effectively just a name on a ballot box, as he is not actively campaigning, Suffolk voters only really have one choice come Nov. 2. However, we can still give our sincere endorsement to Toulon, who for the past four years has been a pillar of integrity in law enforcement and beyond. Our interview with Toulon also revealed just how hard change can be regarding Suffolk’s jail system. Despite inroads with trying to help the county’s nonviolent jail population, especially with great ideas like the sheriff’s START Resource Center, a lack of adequate funds for more in-house psychologist staff means it remains tough to give people aid before they reenter society. We agree with Toulon that mental health remains a constant problem in society. The nonprofit advocacy group Prison Policy Initiative reports that more than 44% of locally run jail populations are diagnosed with a mental illness. It only makes sense to get them help when in jail before they have another encounter with law enforcement. We hope that Toulon keeps pushing for such funds. It was also concerning to hear just how understaffed the sheriff’s department currently is, and it remains incumbent on Suffolk officials along with the Sheriff’s Office to recruit staff. Unfortunately, like much of the law enforcement community, too many of the Sheriff’s Office law enforcement remain unvaccinated. Combined with them

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interacting with a population of inmates with low vaccination rates, the spread of COVID-19 among ofﬁcers and inmates remains a key concern. While we appreciate the COVID precautions in Suffolk jails, and while we understand there is no requirement in Suffolk that law enforcement be vaccinated, we believe top brass of law enforcement need to do more to campaign for vaccinations among staff. Still, Toulon remains a steadfast and effective sheriff who has found support from both sides of the political divide. We hope he continues with the good work and we look forward to the next four years.

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Endorsements 2021 Go with Bennardo and Ferro’s depth of knowledge

When the four candidates for Huntington Town Board walked into TBR News Media’s ofﬁces, the atmosphere did not grow strained, as it often does for political candidate debates. In fact, a sense of decorum and comradery settled over the room. The candidates chatted, listened to each other and complimented each other, while us reporters and editors sat stunned on the other side of the table. It’s a shame that there are

not four open councilperson seats up for grabs, as we would have liked to see what could be accomplished if that spirit of compromise we saw around our newspaper’s conference table was transferred to behind the dais in Huntington Town Hall. However, of the two Republicans David Bennardo and Sal Ferro, and the two Democrats Joseph Schramm and Jennifer Hebert, we were

most impressed by Bennardo and Ferro’s depth of knowledge, as well as the more concrete plans they had to bring business to Huntington while stabilizing the tax base. Bennardo’s experience as superintendent of South Huntington will serve him well in town leadership, and we appreciated Ferro already having a grasp of the amount of money available for environmental grants.

We wholeheartedly ask that whichever two candidates do not secure enough votes Nov. 3 should continue in public life and use that spirit to the beneﬁt of the community at large. Some would call it naive to believe politics could return to a sense of shared bipartisanship, especially once newcomers really start to feel the sting of modern politics, but it’s still something worth trying for.

After a series of unfortunate controversies in the Town of Huntington over the last few years, change is welcomed, and Rebecca Sanin is a breath of fresh air. While Deputy Supervisor Ed Smyth and town board member Eugene Cook are seasoned from their roles and have a wealth of knowledge de-

voted to the town, Sanin brings a new level of expertise to the table. As president and chief executive of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, Sanin knows how to talk to people and listen. She said a leader needs to be empathetic and that is something she can do well.

A resident of Huntington Station, she can see all sides of the town from the safer areas to the neighborhoods that struggle with crime and could use a bit of TLC. The three runners each have their strengths; Cook is a strong individual who we admired during the debates. Smyth, an intellectual, has a wealth of knowledge and eagerness

to serve. Sanin who at just 43 would be the ﬁrst female supervisor in Huntington history, and for a community founded in 1653, that change is certainly welcomed. We think that everyone on the ballot can bring something to Huntington, but Sanin can be a brand-new start for the town.

they were, what they believed and what we could expect from each of them, should they be elected — or re-elected, as the case might be. The setting in our conference room was relaxed, and we hoped comfortable, with opponents for each ofﬁce seated together around the table responding to questions put to them by our editors and reporters. Sometimes there were four candidates, sometimes only one who might be running unopposed or against a shadow opponent, but mostly there were two during each session. Most of the time, the hour goes by calmly, but occasionally the opponents get testy with each other — they may even become openly hostile. At one such session some years ago, one of the candidates invited the other out to the back parking lot “to settle things.” When the other began to take off his jacket, we quickly intervened. But there were no such ﬂare-ups this year. The answers were timed in an attempt to get to the main ideas without running on too long. There was ample time at the end for each visitor

to tell us anything more that perhaps we hadn’t elicited with our questioning. We have written up the details of each interview in a separate article for the election section. And we discuss the candidates at the end of each hour and come to a conclusion for the endorsement. Most of the time, the editorial group was unanimous because the choices were fairly direct. But for a couple of races, we talked over the pros and cons of each candidate at length before making the selection. These endorsements are based on both the in-depth interviews and the considerable information we know about the incumbents since we have been covering them closely throughout their terms in ofﬁce. Of course, after reading the stories, you may or may not agree with our conclusions. Our job is to get you thinking. The many hours that are given to this task, throughout the month of October, are a service for our readers. We are privileged to enjoy an extended face-to-face time with those standing for election, and we feel an obligation to pass along

whatever information, facts and impressions we gather during these sessions. We sincerely hope we help in the sometimes-difficult job of casting a responsible vote. Each year we include in the election section a sample ballot that we are able to procure from the Suffolk County Board of Elections because readers have told us that it is a great advantage for them to receive the ballot at the voting poll already knowing how it is laid out. Our editorial board is made up of staffers with different political leanings, but when we put our journalists’ hats on, we try to judge each race strictly on the merits of the opposing candidates. And while it is technically possible for me to be tyrannical about the final selections, that is almost never the case. We decide by majority rule. Sincere thanks to the talented staff who join in this extra work each year. We truly believe that we are watchdogs for the people, and nowhere is that more necessary than in reporting about government and its office holders. We hope we have helped you, whether you read by newspaper and/or online. Now please vote.

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