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Lawyers for Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin argued a motion at a hearing in Suffolk County Superior Court yesterday to overturn his February 15 manslaughter conviction on the grounds that the verdict went against the weight of the evidence...
Defense attorneys in the Kenneth C. Edelin manslaughter case resubmitted a motion yesterday asking Suffolk Superior Court Judge James P. McGuire to overturn the guilty verdict passed by a jury February...
...Year-round residents will keep their low tax base. At first, some Suffolk County residents subscribed to the popular myth that new subdivisions, by bringing in more taxpayers, would lower per capita taxes. But Klein proved that in Nassau County rapid development actually caused a rise in local taxes, which were needed for costly new roads, schools and other services...
...Farmers will have their taxes stabilized. As elsewhere, taxes in Suffolk are figured on the land's "highest and best use"-i.e., its value to developers. Local governments now give farmers a break by assessing their land at what Klein candidly describes as "illegally low preferential rates." But such treatment cannot continue indefinitely, he says. Nor can the county help when federal and state inheritance taxes, which are based on the land's full value, come due. Under the development-rights scheme, however, all taxes will be reckoned only on the land's agricultural value. Beyond...
That left only one question. How many of the county's farmers-a notably independent lot-would choose to sell their development rights? This winter Suffolk invited farmers to join the program. The response was overwhelming: 381 property owners offered the county rights to 17,800 acres for some $117 million. Klein has established a committee to select the best buys for Suffolk's $60 million. He plans to ask the legislature to authorize another $15 million bond issue next year, but already he feels vindicated. "Suffolk is a microcosm of the U.S.," he says. "If the development...