Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot is proposing a series of midyear cuts that would trim $1 million of spending in an effort to balance the 2009 budget, and she said... more
Emil J. Misisco Sr. passed away peacefully at home on December 26. He was 96. Born in Long Island City, he was the youngest of Michael and Antoinette’s five children. He attended Brooklyn Poly Tech High School and served in the U.S. Navy for two years. After his service, he attended Brooklyn Poly Tech College on a GI Bill. His business career began at the Bulova Watch Company. He later served as staff vice president of quality at North American Philips Corporation for 37 years, until his retirement in the early 1990s. His global business travel was extensive, with yearly ...
by Staff Writer
Across a nearly 30-year career in the New York State Assembly, Fred W. Thiele Jr. was nothing short of a prolific idea maker and bill writer — though he is the first to note that he didn’t do it alone. “All of these things were collaborations,” he explained. “And the thing that I learned early, that I think contributes to these things happening, is collaboration and consensus, working with other people. “It’s that old Harry Truman line: If you don’t mind sharing credit with others, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish,” he paraphrased, “and I think its true.” With that said, ...
by Michelle Trauring
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Brian Bossetta on Jun 24, 2009