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Bellone, Spencer Unveil Streamlined Health Permit Review Process

Jun
10
2014

Streamlining will reduce permit approval times and expedite the approval process.
Bellone, Spencer Unveil Streamlined Health Permit Review Process
Hauppauge, NY - June 9, 2014 - Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Legislator Doc Spencer and members of the Department of Health, the Department of Economic Development and Planning, and the Office of Performance Management announces a new streamlined health permit review process to reduce permit approval times and expedite the approval process. Suffolk County collaborated with building industry leaders to conduct a coordinated review process to determine what specific areas of the permit process needed the most improvement.

“Our goal is to ensure safe, responsible and quality building practices while at the same time make certain the permit...| read more ››

SUFFOLK COUNTY PUPPY MILL BILL UNANIMOUSLY PASSES LEGISLATURE

Jun
3
2014

(Hauppauge, NY) Less than six months after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that allows municipalities to regulate pet dealers, Suffolk County has become the first municipality in New York to take advantage in what is being called a “historic vote” in New York.
This Suffolk County bill, sponsored by Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I – Montauk) and co-sponsored by Legislator William R. Spencer (D – Centerport), aims to set a “reasonable framework for pet dealers and the operation of pet stores that supplements existing state regulations and which serves to protect both consumers and the animals offered for sale,” the legislation reads, or more simply put, it would ban the worst puppy mills available to Suffolk County...| read more ››

AMBULANCE TECH WITH CO DETECTOR FINDS LEAK AT LONG ISLAND DUNKIN' DONUTS

Jun
2
2014

CARLE PLACE (WABC) -- A Dunkin' Donuts customer looking for a morning cup of coffee on Long Island was in the right place at the right time with the right equipment.

An ambulance technician wearing a carbon monoxide detector walked into the restaurant on Glen Cove Road in Carle Place around 4 a.m. Friday, and his alarm went off.

He cleared everyone out of the building, and inspectors found high levels of the odorless and colorless gas coming from an oven vent.

A manager died and 19 people were overcome back in February by a carbon monoxide leak at a restaurant in Huntington.

A noise signaled to the technician, Joseph Blundo, that something just wasn't right inside the Dunkin'...| read more ››

Suffolk bill aims to protect aquifers by banning fracking waste

May
15
2014

The sale and use of liquid waste from hydraulic fracturing will be banned in Suffolk County under an aquifer-protection bill expected to be signed by the county executive this month.

The legislation, sponsored by Legis. William Spencer (D-Centerport), is aimed at the byproducts of the hydraulic fracturing process, used to extract natural gas from rock formations using chemicals, water and pressure. The bill passed unanimously at the legislature's April 29 meeting.

New York has not issued rules on hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, so the procedure is not currently performed in the state. But it is done in other states, including neighboring Pennsylvania.

Spencer's legislation bans the sale of fracking byproducts within the county. It also prohibits the wastewater...| read more ››

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone Signs Carbon Monoxide Detector Law

Mar
21
2014

HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone signed a bill into law Wednesday requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all county buildings.

As CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan reported, the Steve Nelson Safety Act comes in response to the death of a restaurant manager in February. Steve Nelson, 55, was found dead in the basement of Legal Sea Foods at the Walt Whitman Shops following a carbon monoxide leak.

As WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall reported, Wednesday’s announcement about the law’s passage marked a very emotional day for Nelson’s partner, John Largan.

“I was honored to have him in my life as my dearest friend and my companion,” Largan said.

Largan said if there had been a detector at Legal...| read more ››

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