The state DEC alleges hundreds of environmental law violations, and Covanta could be required to pay a penalty. The findings follow a Newsday investigation.
Pilip, an Ethiopian refugee who served in the Israeli Defense Forces, faces former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi in the Feb. 13 special election in the 3rd Congressional District.
The personal finances of Mazi Melesa Pilip and Democratic opponent Tom Suozzi are attracting scrutiny after allegations by federal prosecutors that former GOP Rep. George Santos lied on his financial disclosures.
Well-known Democrat Tom Suozzi is acting like the newcomer while GOP candidate Mazi Melesa Pilip, a second-term Nassau legislator, is running something of an incumbent’s “Rose Garden” campaign.
Suozzi, who faces Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip in the Feb. 13 special election to replace GOP Rep. George Santos, filed a financial disclosure form with the House clerk’s office late Friday, his campaign said.
A spokesman for Pilip, the GOP candidate running against Democrat Tom Suozzi in the 3rd Congressional District special election, said the couple has paid the bill.
Pilip, the Republican candidate in the 3rd Congressional District special election, is running on her record and back story. Newsday checked with her schools and employers and examined numerous public records to vet her.
Republicans hit Suozzi for ties to Jacobs’ company that received a federal PPP loan. Medical practices run by the husband of Suozzi’s GOP opponent in the special election also got PPP loans, during a period in which one office is accused in a lawsuit of breaching a lease.
Newsday sued after the departments refused to make public most police misconduct records requested in 2020 under the state’s Freedom of Information Law.
Residents surrounding the landfill, primarily in North Bellport, which is majority Black and Latino, have complained about breathing ash that has blown from the landfill into their neighborhoods.