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Contractor Accused Of Falsifying Bids, Not Paying Benefits, Suffolk DA Says Contractor Accused Of Falsifying Bids, Not Paying Benefits, Suffolk DA Says
Contractor Accused Of Falsifying Bids, Not Paying Benefits, Suffolk DA Says A Long Island contractor was arrested and accused of falsifying information on bids on public works projects in a number of municipalities and failing to pay workers’ benefits on projects. Nassau County resident Nicholas Analitis, age 44, of Massapequa, was arraigned on multiple charges in Suffolk County District Court on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Analitis and his company, West Babylon-based Gorilla Contracting Group, LLC, are each charged with the following: Eight counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument Ten counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Teen Suing Suffolk County School For Refusing To Publish George Floyd Poem Teen Suing Suffolk County School For Refusing To Publish George Floyd Poem
Teen Suing Suffolk County School For Refusing To Publish George Floyd Poem A New York teenager is seeking millions of dollars from a Long Island school district that refused to publish her poem regarding the murder of George Floyd a year ago. Ruby Ray, a sophomore in the Port Jefferson School District attending Vandermeulen High School in Suffolk County, is alleging that she wrote “Derek Chauvin’s Ode to George Floyd: A Dark Sonnet’’ in late April and submitted it to her school’s literary magazine for publication, only to be turned down this week by the district. In response, Ray, who is 16 years old, and her family filed a $2 million notice of claim against the …

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by Zak Failla