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Prominent Hudson Valley Attorney Disbarred After Conviction Prominent Hudson Valley Attorney Disbarred After Conviction
Prominent Hudson Valley Attorney Disbarred After Conviction A prominent Westchester attorney will no longer be permitted to practice law in New York after being convicted for embezzling from the estate of a dead man. Rye resident Guy Parisi, 72, has been disbarred after pleading guilty last year in federal court and spending six months in jail for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the estate of a former Mount Vernon resident. Parisi had appealed the disbarment, but an appellate court ruled against him. Parisi was appointed the administrator of the estate in April 2017, where he was tasked with collecting the assets of the estate. …

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Area Woman Stole $42K In Payments From Dead Mother, NYS Comptroller Says Area Woman Stole $42K In Payments From Dead Mother, NYS Comptroller Says
Area Woman Stole $42K In Payments From Dead Mother, NYS Comptroller Says Nearly $42,000 has been recovered from a 63-year-old woman who allegedly stole it from her dead mother’s pension payments, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced. Dutchess County resident Bonnie Robertson, 63, of Pleasant Valley, was sentenced to three years probation and agreed to pay full restitution after pleading guilty to petit larceny earlier this year, DiNapoli announced. According to the Comptroller, Robertson failed to notify the New York State and Local Retirement System of her mother’s death and continued to fraudulently collect her mother’s pension payments, beginn…

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by Zak Failla
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Rockland Removed From State Comptroller’s Fiscal Stress List Rockland Removed From State Comptroller’s Fiscal Stress List
Rockland Removed From State Comptroller’s Fiscal Stress List Rockland County has been removed from the New York State Comptroller’s Fiscal Stress List, officials say. The New York State Comptroller’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System gives an early warning of fiscal stress to local government entities by analyzing financial and environmental factors such as fund balance, cash-on-hand, short-term borrowing, fixed costs and patterns of operating deficits. With a score of 41.7 percent, Rockland was omitted from the 2018 Fiscal Stress Monitoring System report, which was released by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Friday, Oct. 11. “In 2013, t…

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by Valerie Musson
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These Are Most Financially Stressed Municipalities In Rockland, Orange Counties These Are Most Financially Stressed Municipalities In Rockland, Orange Counties
These Are Most Financially Stressed Municipalities In Rockland, Orange Counties Some Hudson Valley municipalities are among the most financially stressed in the state, according to a new report. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report highlighting the communities and school districts that are financially stressed, including some in Rockland and Orange counties. DiNapoli said that he “created an early warning system for communities and school districts with fiscal problems. Alerting everyone to potential problems gives local officials and taxpayers the opportunity to be more proactive.” The system analyzed financial indicators, which “measure key d…

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by Zak Failla
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Cuomo Blames Trump For $2.3B State Budget Shortfall, Eyes Infrastructure, Education For Cuts Cuomo Blames Trump For $2.3B State Budget Shortfall, Eyes Infrastructure, Education For Cuts
Cuomo Blames Trump For $2.3B State Budget Shortfall, Eyes Infrastructure, Education For Cuts Largely blaming the new federal tax code signed into law by President Trump, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state is facing a shortfall of more than $2 billion in revenue after December and January saw a drop in income tax. Since announcing his $176 billion budget plan last month, Cuomo said that the state income tax revenues have dropped by $2.3 billion in December and January, which may force the state to limit spending. The governor attributed the decline to “the federal tax legislation's elimination of full state and local tax deductibility, which disproportionately impact…

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Attorney Admits Attempting To Embezzle From Dead Man's Estate Attorney Admits Attempting To Embezzle From Dead Man's Estate
Attorney Admits Attempting To Embezzle From Dead Man's Estate A prominent Westchester attorney known for representing prominent Republican politicians has admitted to embezzling from the estate of a dead man. Rye resident Guy Parisi, 71, pleaded guilty on Thursday in White Plains federal court to one count of mail fraud for stealing from the estate of a former Mount Vernon resident. Parisi was appointed the administrator of the estate in April 2017, where he was tasked with collecting the assets of the estate. As an administrator, Parisi had a fiduciary duty to the estate and to the decedent’s son, who was the sole beneficiary of his father’s will. A…

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Ex-Fire Chief Sentenced For Stealing $120K From Department Ex-Fire Chief Sentenced For Stealing $120K From Department
Ex-Fire Chief Sentenced For Stealing $120K From Department A former fire chief in Northern Westchester has been sentenced for embezzling more than $120,000 from the department.Ex-Briarcliff Manor FD chief and president Michael Garcia, a building contractor in the village who had pleaded guilty six months ago, was sentenced to one year and one day on Friday, Dec. 21. “Robert Garcia lined his pockets with Briarcliff Manor Fire Department and Fire Council money to pay personal expenses, and then lied about it to cover his tracks," Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said. "Now Garcia will…

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by Daily Voice
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Proposed $709M Rockland Budget Would See Tax Increase Proposed $709M Rockland Budget Would See Tax Increase
Proposed $709M Rockland Budget Would See Tax Increase Next year's proposed $709 million budget for Rockland County would raise property taxes by 2.9 percent, County Executive Ed Day announced on Monday, Oct. 1. While unveiling the proposed 2019 budget, Day said it remains under the state's 3 percent cap on annual property tax increases while fully funding not-for-profits, investing in law enforcement and reviving the Office for People with Disabilities. Day detailed his proposed spending plan at the Sheriff’s Backup Communications Center in New City, accompanied by Sheriff Louis Falco; because of its renewed focus on the needs of law enforceme…

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by Jon Craig
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Area Brothers Among Four Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud Area Brothers Among Four Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
Area Brothers Among Four Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud A pair of Hudson Valley brothers were among four charged in federal court for their roles in an extensive, multi-million dollar scheme to defraud Medicare and health insurance providers through false billing. Middletown residents James Spina, 59, and Jeffery Spina, 56, participated “in a widespread health care fraud scheme through their fraudulent operation of Dolson Avenue Medical, a multi-disciplinary medical clinic located in (Orange County).” From 2011 through September last year, Dolson Avenue Medical was a registered medical service that “purported to provide a variety of pain managem…

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Attorney Indicted For Attempting To Embezzle From Deceased Man's Estate Attorney Indicted For Attempting To Embezzle From Deceased Man's Estate
Attorney Indicted For Attempting To Embezzle From Deceased Man's Estate A prominent Westchester attorney who has represented several Republican politicians was indicted by a federal grand jury in White Plains on Tuesday for fraud and false statement charges arising from his attempt to embezzle from an estate of a deceased man. Rye resident Guy Parisi, 71, was charged with one count of conspiracy (which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison); one count of mail fraud (which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison); and one count of making a false statement (which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison). “Instead of protecting the…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hudson Valley Woman Accused Of Hiding Mother's Death, Stealing $60K Pension Hudson Valley Woman Accused Of Hiding Mother's Death, Stealing $60K Pension
Hudson Valley Woman Accused Of Hiding Mother's Death, Stealing $60K Pension A Westchester woman has been busted for allegedly concealing her mother’s death in an effort to collect tens of thousands of dollars from her pension. Mount Vernon resident Rochelle Rose, 40, was arrested this week for allegedly collecting $60,285 in pension payments from her dead mother. That stolen money was then used for personal expenses such as cellphone bills, a car loan, insurance and utility bills, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., who announced the arrest on Thursday. DiNapoli said that an investi…

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by Zak Failla