On Feb. 18, 2014, officers from state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office raided the Uniondale offices of HiRise Engineering P.C., responding to allegations of fraud involving flood insurance reports prepared after Hurricane Sandy. On Monday, Schneiderman’s office unsealed a 50-count indictment charging Matthew Pappalardo, 38, of Whitestone, Queens, and HiRise with altering engineering reports that assessed the structural damage of residential properties resulting from the storm.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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8/3/16
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Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced on July 5 that a 49-year-old Rockville Centre contractor has pleaded guilty to grand larceny and other charges for home improvement scams …
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7/15/16
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An Old Bethpage resident who was arrested and charged with armed robbery and drug possession in Lakeview earlier this year had the robbery charge dismissed and the possession charges reduced in First District Court last week.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/29/16
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More than 400 animals –– many exotic, some endangered –– were removed by officials from the Bellmore home of Gary Gruber, according to the Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty and the …
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By Scott Brinton
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6/22/16
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Three Flushing residents who were arrested for coercing women into performing sexual acts on customers in Franklin Square and West Hempstead have pled guilty for their involvement in a cross-county …
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5/16/16
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A 60-year-old North Merrick man was sentenced last week to four years of probation, with the first year to be served in home detention, after he used inside information provided by his son to trade in securities at five health-care companies, said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
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5/12/16
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An East Meadow resident and retired New York City police officer was arrested last week for possessing child pornography, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. Frank …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/12/16
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The Herald ran an editorial in the March 31-April 6 issue about Nassau County’s contracting process, “Nassau needs an independent watchdog.” While it properly brought attention to this important issue . . .
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4/28/16
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The Nassau County Police Department, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency reported the arrests of several individuals between April 20 and April 23 for drug-related charges.
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4/25/16
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Not only is Obamacare a poor health care plan from a policy perspective, but now many doctors and health care professionals believe that it is contributing to one of the worst epidemics facing this nation, our state and Long Island: opioid addiction
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4/21/16
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