Open Meetings Law And The ADA Are Not Always In Sync
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Amagansett resident Glenn Hall, who heads the East End Disability Group. EXPRESS FILE
Amagansett resident Glenn Hall, who heads the East End Disability Group. EXPRESS FILE
Cailin Riley on Oct 27, 2021
When Glenn Hall found out that the New York State Legislature would be holding a public hearing on the pandemic’s impacts on the state’s open meetings law and proposed changes... more
A 65-year-old Bridgehampton resident has been charged with lying on his green card application by concealing his role as a leader in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The Department of Justice stated that, according to court documents, Faustin Nsabumukunzi was a local leader with the title of “Sector Counselor” in Rwanda when the genocide began. “An estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed during the three-month genocide,” the Department of Justice stated. The indictment handed up on Tuesday, April 22, by a federal grand jury in Central Islip was unsealed today, Thursday, ...
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Dylan Flores, 25, of Hampton Bays was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. on April 17 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after Southampton Town Police responded to the scene of a multi-car accident at the intersection of Tuckahoe Road and County Road 39 in Southampton and a breath alcohol test indicated he had been drinking more than the legal limit. Flores was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for evaluation, and once released, taken to Southampton Town Police headquarters in Hampton Bays for further processing. Luis Patzan Ajvix, 24, of Flanders was arrested at about 7:30 p.m. on April 20 and ...
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SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A resident reported to Southampton Village Police this week that he had recently noticed that someone cashed a check from his Suffolk Credit Union account for $5,700 that he had not written or authorized. He told police that when notified of the fraud, the bank refunded the money to his account but wanted a police report to be filed. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — An employee of the 7-Eleven convenience store on North Sea Road reported to Southampton Village Police on April 22 that he observed a man take a Red Bull energy drink and a toothbrush off the ...
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A glimpse back in time to the 19th century would reveal, in most of the East End’s hamlets and villages, small general stores, often containing a local post office, where people living in the neighborhood could purchase groceries and necessary supplies — and, later on, gasoline for a growing number of automobiles. Over the years, many of those general stores disappeared, making way for larger business districts and developments, especially as the South Fork grew into a flourishing tourist destination. Big-box stores eventually arrived, challenging even those downtown shopping destinations. But it was those general stores, mixed with a thriving ...
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Cailin Riley on Oct 27, 2021