Archive for May, 2005
Passing The Buck
By Ed Lowe Charlie Hennings, of Coram, gets a letter dated April 13, 2005, from the law firm of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP….
The Whistleblower
For Nassau County employees, silence is golden. To speak out about corruption means your head on a chopping block.
When Georgina Morgenstern came to work on the Nassau County Planning Commission in August 2002, she was anything but naïve. The Port Washington resident had more than 20 years’ experience at the nexus of urban planning and politics. She had toiled at New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection and the city’s planning department, working on dozens of multimillion-dollar projects across all five boroughs and New Jersey. She played a role in upgrading New York City’s largest wastewater facility, the Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Brooklyn, and also worked on New York City’s Third Water Tunnel.
From Weigh-in to Sheep Skin
By Ed Lowe Arty and Melinda Shertzer met on a bus headed back to SUNY Stony Brook after the September 1977 Feast of San Gennaro…
Doe’s Detour
By Ed Lowe How do you find your stories? Any way you can imagine. Sometimes, they find me. Central Islip Alternative High School Principal Star…
An Undocumented Heart
By Ed Lowe She knew a lot about me. She said she met me years ago in the company of Suffolk County District Court Judge Edward U. Green…
