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VOL. 31 NO. 47 March 19,1987 to Marph 23,1987 20 cents per copy
County Wide Hot Line: 535-6000
Nassau County Executive
Thomas S. Gulotta today
announced that a new, 24
hour a day County wide
hotline has been established
to serve County resident^.
The hotline...535-6000...has
been established by Gulotta
to "cut through governmen­tal
red tape and bureacracy
and help residents gain a
quicker resolution of their
concerns."
"As 1 stated at my induc­tion
remarks, our County
government belongs to the
people and it must be tai­lored
to be responsive to the
needs and concerns of our
residents," Gulotta said.
"However, our County is
comprised of many depart­ments
with numerous div­isions,
it can certainly be
confusing for many resi­dents
to identify whom they
should call for help or
assistance. In many cases
they were shifted from
department to department
before they gained relief.
The Hotline has been
designed to give residents
one central number which
they can call...day or night.-
..for action and proper ref­erral.
The Hotline staff, con-
LILCO Collects
Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon today
announced that more than two million dollars in restitution
and titles have been collected as a result of an invegtigajion
into the theft of electricity and gas from the Long Island
Lighting Company. The fines and restitution were ordered
against 45 individuals and 45 corporations charged in Sep­tember
of 1985 by the DA's Commercial Frauds Bureau
following an undercover investigation.
The District Attorney concluded the court proceedings
involving,their undecover investigation of restaurants, bars
and diners on Long Island who were regularly stealing elec­tricity
and gas from L! LCO by altering their meter readings.
Over 1.2 million dollars in restitution has been collected and
returned to the utility. Fines of over three fourths of a
million dollars were also imposed and collected by the court.
In addition, as a result of the District Attorney's investiga­tion,
LILCO has calculated that an additional 2.2 million
dollars of electricity and gas service were stolen from them
prior to the period documented by the District Attorney. A
civil suit to collect that money is being considered by the
utility."
The original probe began in April of 1985 when Long
Beach Police arrested an individual for Attempted Burglary.
In an. investigation related to his arrest, records and tools
were uncovered, which were used in a comprehensive
scheme extending through several years to roll back LILCO
gas an electric meters in Nassau and Suffolk on behalf of
numerous commercial establishments. This individual
worked with investigators, keeping appointments and
recording conversations with customers concerning these
rollbacks. He was paid $400 for each meter he altered.
The largest court ordered restitution and fine was levied
against Dimitrios Krimitsos, owner of two diners. High Seas
Restaurant in Huntington Station and the On Parade Diner
in Woodbury. The restitution was $140,066.00 and a fine of
$80,500. Also fined were the following local establishments;
Starlight Diner, Levittown; Dortoni Bakery, Levittown;
Domenicos Pizza, Levittown; Wicker's Hicksville; Foun-tainbleau
Diner/Bethpage Town House, Bethpage, and
Embassy Dmcr, Bethpage.
sisting of County employees
representing various County
departments will do the
work for the resident in
coordinating a resolution to
the problem. I am confident
that our new County
Hotline...535-6000...will
prove as successful, as the
Hotline which i established
in the Town of Hempstead
in 1981."
Calls made to the County
Wide Hotline during regular
business hours will be ans­wered
by a member of the
trained staff. Calls made
after hours and weekends
will be processed through
security personnel and for­warded
to proper authori­ties
as deerhed appropriate.
In all instances, follow up
will be provided to insure
that residents concerns are
being properly addressed.
' "Gifioita derailed the'VarT
ious positive functions
which the Hot Line plays in
Government:
* Cuts through bureau­cracy
and red tape and pro­vides
easy access to govern­ment
services and makes
county government more
responsive to the residents it
is designed to serve.
* The Hotline will siphon
non-emergency calls from
the 911 system, a growing
problem, thereby freeing up
the 911 system for legitimate
emergency needs.
* The Hotline will enable
outlying departments to
develop more efficient pro­cessing
of administrative
matters since "complaint"
calls will be handled by the
Hotline.
* The Hotline will serve as
an outstanding management
tool to insure that each
department is functioning at
peak efficiency providing
Gulotta and Senior Staff
with a vehicle by which to
monitor individual depart­ment
operations and identi­fying
areas where constituent
service and proper resolu­tion
of problems is lacking
and to insure that under this
administration Nassau
The spotlight will be on
Bethpage history when the
Farmingdale/Bethpage His­torical
Society meets on
Wednesday evening, March
25 at 7:45 PM at the Beth­page
Public Library.
Donna Kunzig, who is
writing the history of Beth­page
for the period 1957-
1987, will give a report on
her progress. An important
History Night Features Bethpage
part of her book is the col­lection
of historical items
about the events of the
period. To document the
times Donna is asking that
anyone who has pictures,
clippings from newspapers
or magazines, programs
from local events or any
suitable material contact her
by calling 935-4173 or writ­ing
to her at 174 Broadway,
Bethpage, Any material not
relevant to this time period
will be "banked" for a future
book.
Terry Hunt, curator of
history for the Nassau
County Museum, will talk
about the Bethpage Pur­chase.
He is one of Beth-page's
earlier historians hav­ing
written and published,
"Bethpage the Years of
TOBAY Ice Hockey Awards
Oyster Bay Town Councilman John Venditto was on hand to present
hockey sticks to winners of the goal tending and puck shooting contests at
the annual Tobay Ice Hockey Awards ceremony. Proudly displaying the
new sticl^ they won for puck shooting are Bryan Hulser (standing left) of
Plainview/'Bantam Division, and Charles Carroll (standing right) of Mas-sapequa.
Squirt Division. Winners in the goal tending contest included
(left to right kneeling) Michael Malone of Massapequa Park, Mi(%et
Division; Andy McCaffrey and Richard Winner of Massapequa, SqiBrt
Division; and Keith Cynar of Massapequa, Peewee Division.
County Government will
belong to our residents.
The Hotline is designed to
personalize governmental
operations and make
County Government more
responsive to the residents it
is designed to serve.
Through the Hotline, we are
sending a clear message to
all our residents that there is
no issue too big and no prob­lem
too small in Nassau that
it does not deserve our atten­tion,"
Gulotta concluded.
Islander Memorabilia
Development 1840-1910".
The deed for the Bethpage
Purchase was signed in
1695. Its 300th anniversary
will be celebrated in 1995
with a special program to be
undertaken by the commit­tee
that recently planned the
50th Anniversary of the
name change of Bethpage
from Central Park.
Islander Fans...dreaming
of skating in your favorite
player's skates...catching a
puck in goal with Kelly's
glove...wearing a jersey
belonging to your hero,..s-tepping
into the pants of an
Islander...These can become
a reality by attending the 4th
Annual Islander Auction on
Sunday, March 22nd. This
year's event will take place at
Hofstra USA, the enter­tainment
center, on the
North Campus of Hofstra
University from 1 to 5 pm.
Co-Chairmen of the Auc­tion
are Kelly Hrudey and
Rich Kromm who will be
assisted by their teammates
in auctioning personal
equipment such as jerseys,
skates, catcher glove, pants,
autographed sticks, pad­ding,
etc.
Admission is free. How­ever,
the participants in the
bidding you must be at least
18 years old and must regis­ter
to receive an official bid-ding
number. These
numbers are available for a
$5 donation to the Easter
Seal Society. Items pur­chased
may be paid by Visa
or MasterCard, as well as,
cash and checks.
Come on down and join
the fun while scoring a goal
for children and adults with
disabilities. For rhore
information, please call the
Easter Seal Auction Hotline
at 516/421-2200.