Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Ask Mister Wrong. (Reprise).


Is there more to life than merely serving as caddy to Richard Owen Burns alias "Rob Burns" alias "Dick Burns" on the Village of Piermont Board of Trustees? Now that Dick Burns quit that Board in disgrace - ask his inscrutable valet and Piermont Village Distrustee residuum Michael Emerson Wright alias "Michael Andrews" alias "Mister Wrong", the self-same question.

On the sheet of paper printed immediately below, you will find a list of the number of known instances that Piermont, New York Distrustee Michael Emerson Wright alias "Mike Andrews" has spoken publicly in demonstrative and unwavering opposition to the heinous 447-77 Piermont Avenue real estate development project and the wrongheaded Piermont CBM Zone, each threatening to trash the Village of Piermont permanently:


Then again, there's probably a function in life for everybody. Maybe Dick Burns needs someone to do his weeding for him in the Piermont Community Garden, now that Dick Burns has so much more time on his hands.

Monday, April 7, 2025

"Oh Boy, Is This Great??!!!"









"What Do You Expect?" (That Is A Direct Quote).


Law Office of John J. Tormey III, Esq.
John J. Tormey III, PLLC
1636 Third Avenue, PMB 188
New York, New York  10128  USA
(212) 410-4142 (phone)
(212) 410-2380 (fax)
jtormey@optonline.net
https://www.tormey.org
 
REQUEST UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW
AND 43 RCNY §1-08(a) (“FOIL”)
 
Monday, April 7, 2025
 
VIA FAX: 1-646-500-5968, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
Abigail (Abby) Lootens
Records Access Officer - Freedom of Information Officer
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (NYCDCWP)
42 Broadway, 8th Floor
New York, New York  10004  USA
 
Re:      FOIL Request: “Michael Andrews Audio Visual Services, Inc.

Dear Ms. Lootens:
 
Attached is the only current evidence I have, that a Manhattan-based and New Jersey-based corporation called Michael Andrews Audio Visual Services, Inc.(hereafter, “MAAVS”) owned and operated by one Michael Emerson Wright (hereafter, “Mister Wright”), may have received some form of consumer complaint in the past.
 
Exhibit “A” annexed hereto and incorporated by reference herein, is an apparent and yet-unverified customer complaint posted as a matter of public-record to “Yelp” by a “Dee D.” of New Orleans, Louisiana on September 21, 2015:
I do note that this Year 2015 Yelp complaint seems to have never received any on-line response to date from MAAVS or from Mister Wright, other than perhaps subsequent attempts to dilute the Yelp review of “Dee D.” with other more positive posts which followed it.
 
In any event, I am serving this FOIL request on NYCDCWP seeking: (A) all Records reflecting complaints or other communications from “Dee D.” of New Orleans, Louisiana circa 2015; and, in addition, (B) all Records reflecting any other complaints or other communications regarding MAAVS or Mister Wright, from any other person or entity – as more fully iterated hereinbelow. Included in each of these requests are any Records of your predecessor entity, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (“NYCDCA”), which I understand that NYCDCWP still maintains.
 
I am an attorney in New York, and a citizen and resident of the Town of Orangetown and the County of Rockland. Under the New York State Freedom of Information Law:
and, as may be applicable, its state, federal, and other counterparts, including without limitation New York Public Officers Law, Article 6, Sections 84-90 - Title 5 of the United States Code, Section 552 - and 43 RCNY §1-08(a) (all collectively herein referred to as “FOIL”), request is hereby made that each of you provide to this, my law office, full and complete copies of each and every document and other item of material dated, generated, or otherwise materializing from January 1, 1986 forward to the present day (collectively, “Records”) which may be at all responsive to the following requests:
 
1. Date. My current information indicates that Mister Wright and MAAVS commenced operations no earlier than January 1, 1986. Accordingly, I would first ask that your search-parameters be set for any Records dating from January 1, 1986 through current Year 2025 and today’s date therein.
 
2. Michael Andrews Audio Visual Services, Inc. In summary, I am seeking all Records relating to Michael Andrews Audio Visual Services, Inc. (MAAVS). Yet according to thusfar-located public records, please be aware that MAAVS and its predecessor entities (collectively, the “MAAVS Entities”) may also be known by the following aliases and alternate names:
 
“Michael Andrews AV Services, Inc.”
“Michael Andrews Audio Visual”
“maavs.com”
“Wright Images”
“AVCOM Motion Picture And Video Supply”
“Industrial Theatre, Inc.”
“Stage Right Associates, Inc.”
“Stage Light, Inc.”
“rentalandstaging.net”
“meyersound.com”
 
3. Addresses. According to thusfar-located public records, the MAAVS Entities may be associated with any or all of the following addresses:
 
625 West 55th Street, Floor 3
New York, New York 10019-3560 USA
 
653 11th Avenue
New York, New York 10036-2004 USA
 
[                    ] Street
Piermont, New York 10968-2622 USA
 
136 Waters Edge
Congers, New York 10922-2622 USA
 
134 Myer Street
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 USA
 
150 Louis Street
South Hackensack, New Jersey 07606 USA
 
[                    ] Place
Glen Cove, New York 11542-3075 USA
 
[                    ] Parsons Boulevard
Flushing, New York 11355-2334 USA
 
[                    ] East 72nd Street [                    ]
New York, New York 10021-4626 USA
 
4. Names Of The MAAVS Principal. The principal of the MAAVS Entities, Mister Wright, is known as:
 
Michael Emerson Wright
alias “Michael E. Wright”
alias “Michael Wright”
alias “Mike Wright”
alias “Michael Andrews”.
 
Mister Wright currently serves as Trustee for the Hudson River Valley Village of Piermont, New York.
 
To my knowledge, Mister Wright does not use the “Michael Andrews” alias when serving as Piermont Village Trustee, though.
 
5. Incidents, Complaints, Claims, And Litigations. Specifically, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to any incidents, complaints, claims, mediations, arbitrations, or litigations, about, concerning, or otherwise relating to the MAAVS Entities or Mister Wright, if any.
 
6. Enforcement Actions. Specifically, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to any enforcement actions or comparable actions against, about, concerning, or otherwise relating to the MAAVS Entities or Mister Wright, if any.
 
7. License Transfers. Specifically, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to any transfer of any license or other transfers of value, of, by, for, or otherwise concerning the MAAVS Entities or Mister Wright.
 
8. E-Mails And Correspondence. Specifically, I am seeking all Records of any e-mails, memos, notes, correspondence, documents, or other writings to, from, referencing, or otherwise relating to the MAAVS Entities or Mister Wright.
 
9. Fines Or Other Penalties. Specifically, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to any fines or other penalties assessed against or otherwise imposed upon the MAAVS Entities or Mister Wright, if any.
 
10. Violations, If Any. Specifically, I am seeking all Records reflecting, referencing, or otherwise relating to any violation or claimed violation of any other laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, requirements, or standards by, concerning, or otherwise relating to the MAAVS Entities or Mister Wright, if any. I am seeking each and every Record reflecting any “violation”, “reporting violation”, or other past, present, future, or anticipated violation, breach, or other transgression of federal, state, county, town, local, or other ordinance, rule, regulation, requirement, or other law or standard - including without limitation any violation of rules, regulations, or other laws enforced by or otherwise relating to or concerning any of the following, to the extent evidence of same might be retained in your own NYCDCWP Records:
 
United States Department Of Justice (USDOJ).
U.S. Attorney’s Office (USATTY).
Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI).
Office of the New York State Governor (NYS GOV).
New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYSAG).
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS).
All other New York state and local agencies.
All other New Jersey state and local agencies.
Any other potentially-relevant government agency or authority.
 
11. All Other Records. Specifically, I am seeking all other Records of any other kind or nature relating to the MAAVS Entities or Mister Wright.
 
12. Definition Of “Records”. “Records” should be construed in the broadest sense and manner possible and should include “any information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for (your agency or office)... in any physical form whatsoever...” (FOIL,§86[4]) including without limitation all audio recordings, blog posts, correspondence, data maintained electronically, data, e-mails, executive summaries, extracts, faxes, instant messages, Internet posts, letters, log-book entries, memos, paper records, personal messages, social media communications, spreadsheets, summaries, synopses, telephone records, test-reports, visual recordings, and any other materials:
 
13. Headings And Subheadings. The headings and subheadings used in this letter are for convenience of reference purposes only, and should not be construed to be words of limitation or otherwise of any substantive significance relative to this FOIL request.
 
14. Costs. If there are any copying or other fees for this, please let me know what they are and how they are calculated, before filling the request and forwarding the Records to me. As this FOIL should be considered a matter of public importance, and as its results will be shared with the general public and published, I am asking that any otherwise-applicable fees be waived for this document-production. I am also asking that all documents be provided to me electronically to the full extent possible, so as to obviate the need for any photocopying expense.
 
15. Denials And Appeals. In the event that any portion of my request is denied, please inform me of each of the specific reasons for any such denial in writing - and provide me with the name, address, and other contact information of the person or entity to whom an appeal should be directed.
 
16. Additional Requests. This FOIL request is not intended to be exhaustive, and I may make additional and follow-up requests.
 
I will appreciate a response from you and your office as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
 
Respectfully, and with thanks,

John J. Tormey III, Esq.
 
cc:
VIA FAX: 1-518-474-1927, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
NYS Committee on Open Government (COOG)
Department of State
One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 650
Albany, New York 12231 USA
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Exhibit “A”

“Yelp” Complaint posted by “Dee D.” of New Orleans, Louisiana on September 21, 2015:
 
“Dee D.
New Orleans, LA
4170
Sep 21, 2015
First to Review
Michael Andrews RUINED my event! We spent a lot of money to have a high-end corporate function on the rooftop of the Nomad Hotel. I asked the Nomad for the best AV company they trusted as we had zero margin of error for AV. I was told to call these people. I was referred to a fantastic guy - Dennis - who basically sold me the Brooklyn Bridge. Great guy, said our basic AV request was a piece of cake. We could have our choice of handheld mic or lapel. They would be in 3 hours before the event to set up. EASY. THEY WORK THE ROOFTOP ALL THE TIME. Come the day of the event, they bait and switch me and sent the biggest idiot in NYC. I’m sure it was his first day on the job. Didn’t know anything about my needs, didn’t know anything about my arrangement w/ wonderful Dennis. Didn’t know what he had packed in the boxes for us, didn’t know anything about handheld mics vs. lapel mics, didn’t know if he had a clicker to cycle through the PPT presentation. Created a lot of drama 59 minutes prior to our first guest arriving. And all this drama for nothing as everything we needed was packed in the boxes that he neglected to look in. DENNIS -- OUR GREAT GUY - NEVER ONSITE FOR THE EVENT.
 
The moron he sent in his place, set up the laptop for the presentation in a black, plastic bucket chair in the middle of the room w/ wires all around it. It looked like a high school presentation. Get the visual: Elegant tables, beautiful rooftop, linen, crystal stemware, flower arrangements, tea lights and a black plastic bucket chair in the middle of the room w/ a laptop thrown in the middle of it with wires connecting it to the projector... This is now 30 mins. to first guest arriving and the Nomad’s coordinator had to redirect him to fix the whole set up.
 
A LOT OF DRAMA WHEN IT CAME TO HANDHELD OR LAPEL MIC. We did not have our choice or back up. Turns out, one or the other. We tell this guy that our speaker likes to walk around during speech -- he needed freedom. He tells us that lapel mic is the best choice. We set up for lapel mic. It is now just minutes to start time. THE MIC DOESN’T WORK. IT CUTS OUT ON OUR SPEAKER THE ENTIRE TIME HE SPOKE FROM BEGINNING TO END. EVEN WHEN HE STOOD PERFECTLY STILL.
 
When I asked for help to have the mic fixed as our speaker was literally talking to the audience about the bad microphone, I was told, “It’s a rooftop -- there are dead spots -- what do you expect?” That is a direct quote. He didn’t move a muscle to try to fix it.
 
I later found out there was a bigger event elsewhere in the hotel that the real AV team had attended instead. My job was farmed out to a sub-par, inadequate substitute.
 
DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. The night was ruined and I looked like I didn’t do my homework.”
 
[Note: All-CAPS emphasis in original]

Piermont's Michael Wright: Even Google Bots Distrust Him.






Saturday, April 5, 2025

Piermont's 68 Phantom Michael Wright Signatures.



Law Office of John J. Tormey III, Esq.
John J. Tormey III, PLLC
1636 Third Avenue, PMB 188
New York, New York  10128  USA
(212) 410-4142 (phone)
(212) 410-2380 (fax)
jtormey@optonline.net
https://www.tormey.org
 
REQUEST UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW (“FOIL”)
Saturday, April 5, 2025
 
VIA FAX: 1-845-638-5196, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL via WEB-FORM:
https://www.rocklandcountyny.gov/departments/law-county-attorney/freedom-of-information-law-foil
Allison Weinraub, Commissioner (D)
The Board of Elections in the County of Rockland (RCBOE)
11 New Hempstead Road
New City, New York  10956  USA
 
VIA FAX: 1-845-638-5196, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL via WEB-FORM:
https://www.rocklandcountyny.gov/departments/law-county-attorney/freedom-of-information-law-foil
Patricia Giblin, Commissioner (R)
The Board of Elections in the County of Rockland (RCBOE)
11 New Hempstead Road
New City, New York  10956  USA
 
Re:      FOIL Request – 2025 Piermont, New York Petitions – Michael Emerson Wright

Dear Commissioner Weinraub, and Commissioner Giblin:
 
This is a FOIL request in follow-up to my yesterday FOIL.
 
Thank you, Commissioner Giblin, for your time on the phone yesterday, and for producing, yesterday and so immediately under FOIL, the fourteen (14) pages of petitions relating to Michael Emerson Wright (“Wright Petitions”). As you know, Mister Wright is an incumbent member of the Piermont, New York Board of Trustees. I gather that Trustee Wright is now seeking to run in a Democratic primary towards his hope of re-election. Piermont, as you know, is a village situated within the Town of Orangetown.
 
Commissioner Weinraub, other residents of the Town of Orangetown and I are aghast at the obvious manifold defects in the petitions apparently submitted in support of Trustee Wright by Barbara Scheulen of the Piermont Democratic Committee (PDC), by Mark Silberstein, by Susan S. Witte, by Donald H. Guyton, by Trustee Wright himself, and by disgraced Piermont Mayor Bruce Tucker. The petition pages are annexed hereto as attached/enclosed as Exhibit “A” through Exhibit “N”, respectively, for your reference, and incorporated by reference herein. Please note that this is not only a FOIL request. This is also a demand for an immediate investigation by your Board of Elections in the County of Rockland (RCBOE) into the clearly failed effort to submit the Wright Petitions to RCBOE as reflected in Exhibit “A” through Exhibit “N” hereto.
 
I am an attorney in New York, and a citizen and resident of the Town of Orangetown and the County of Rockland. Under the New York State Freedom of Information Law:
http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/foil2.html
and, as may be applicable, its state, federal, and other counterparts, including without limitation New York Public Officers Law, Article 6, Sections 84-90, and Title 5 of the United States Code, Section 552 (collectively herein referred to as “FOIL”), request is hereby made that each of you provide to this, my law office, full and complete copies of each and every document and other item of material dated, generated, or otherwise materializing from January 1, 2025 forward to the present day (collectively, “Records”) which may be at all responsive to the following requests:
 
1. “Peirmont”[sic]. You will first note that at the top of Exhibit “A”, titled “Petition Receipt 2025”, someone, presumably either you, Commissioner Weinraub, or perhaps Piermont Democratic Committee operative Barbara Scheulen herself, appears to have correctly circled the word “Village” but then misspelled the name of the “Village” as “Peirmont”[sic]. As I am aware of no municipality, jurisdiction, or other location within Rockland County, New York actually named “Peirmont”[sic], request is hereby made for any and all RCBOE Records which may identify “Peirmont”[sic] as a real location as opposed to simply the fantasy projection of someone’s overactive imagination and mind. I note here that on the equivalent “Petition Receipt 2025” forms submitted for Piermont candidates Mitchell, Gordon, and McCabe, a correctly-spelled “Piermont” was identified as the “Village” to which those latter candidacies pertain. Perhaps Trustee Wright is intending to run for re-election in a parallel universe or a different astral plane. In any event, I am seeking all Records relating to this garish SNAFU.
 
2. Sensitivity. With respect to Item #1 immediately hereinabove, I also want to be careful and sensitive to the possibility that someone may have mistakenly inscribed “Peirmont”[sic] on Exhibit “A” due to dyslexia or some other form of medical condition, while at the same time respecting their privacy and whatever HIPAA-esque protections may apply. Accordingly, I am also requesting all Records of a non-confidential nature - if any - which may have previously disclosed any dyslexia or other medical condition of any individual and which would tend to explain the apparent transposition of the letters “e” and “i” in the errant misspelling of “Peirmont”[sic] in Exhibit “A”.
 
3. Blank Forms. Next, I am requesting the blank “Petition Cover Sheets”, the blank “Designating Petition” forms, and the blank “Petition Receipt 2025” forms which were apparently forwarded, furnished, or otherwise made available to either the PDC or else to any individuals in connection with the Wright Petitions or Exhibit “A” through Exhibit “N” hereto, including without limitation to any of the following individuals:
 
A. Barbara Scheulen.
B. Michael Wright.
C. Noreen Myers-Wright.
D. Richard Owen Burns alias “Rob Burns” alias “Dick Burns”.
E. Daniel Spitzer.
F. Mark Silberstein.
G. Susan S. Witte.
H. Donald H. Guyton.
I. Bruce Tucker.
J. Margaret Grace.
 
Again, I am not seeking these Records in the form that they were apparently later filled-out and submitted to RCBOE – I have those already, thanks to you yesterday. Rather, I am now seeking the blank “Petition Cover Sheets” used as templates, blank “Designating Petition” forms used as templates, and blank “Petition Receipt 2025” forms used as templates - in the exact form as initially forwarded, furnished, or otherwise made available to the PDC and above-listed individuals, including without limitation any accompanying instructions, e-mails, other correspondence, and other writings.
 
4. Name Strike-Throughs. Additionally, I am seeking all Records which may tend to explain the circumstances under which and reasons why the names “Rondi Casey”, “Mark Silberstein”, and “Barbara Scheulen” were sloppily crossed-out in Exhibit “C”, Exhibit “G”, and Exhibit “H”, respectively - including without limitation any instructions, e-mails, other correspondence, and other writings relating thereto.
 
5. Address Strike-Through. Additionally, I am seeking all Records which may tend to explain the circumstances under which and reasons why the address corresponding to a wholly-indecipherable signature at Line #6 of Exhibit “J”, was crossed-out and changed from “130 Piermont Pl” and replaced by “Crescent Rd” - including without limitation any instructions, e-mails, other correspondence, and other writings relating thereto.
 
6. Indecipherable Signatures. Finally, for now, I am seeking all Records which may tend to identify the actual names of the individuals who apparently sought to affix their signatures to the attached/enclosed Wright Petitions - because, at minimum, the following sixty-eight (68) signatures are illegible and indecipherable:
 
Exhibit “C”:    Lines 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11.
Exhibit “D”:    Lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12.
Exhibit “E”:    Lines 1, 2, 3.
Exhibit “F”:    Lines 3, 4, 5, 9, 10.
Exhibit “G”:    Lines 3, 5.
Exhibit “H”:    Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Exhibit “I”:     Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Exhibit “J”:     Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Exhibit “K”:    Lines 1, 11.
Exhibit “L”:    Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Exhibit “M”:   Lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Exhibit “N”:    Lines 6, 8, 9, 11, 12.
 
I find it appalling that at least sixty-eight (68) signatures on the Wright Petitions submitted to RCBOE, are illegible and indecipherable. The candidates opposing Trustee Wright are absolutely entitled to know the identities of these sixty-eight (68) apparent signatories, and are absolutely entitled to be given the meaningful opportunity to verify their respective identities and respective residences within the Village of Piermont.
 
7. E-Mails And Correspondence. Additionally, I am seeking all other Records of any e-mails, memos, notes, correspondence, documents, or other writings to, from, referencing, or otherwise relating to the Wright Petitions.
 
8. All Other Records. Additionally, I am seeking all other Records of any other kind or nature relating to the Wright Petitions.
 
9. Definition Of “Records”. “Records” should be construed in the broadest sense and manner possible and should include “any information kept, held, filed, produced or reproduced by, with or for (your agency or office)... in any physical form whatsoever...” (FOIL,§86[4]) including without limitation all audio recordings, blog posts, correspondence, data maintained electronically, data, e-mails, executive summaries, extracts, faxes, instant messages, Internet posts, letters, log-book entries, memos, paper records, personal messages, social media communications, spreadsheets, summaries, synopses, telephone records, test-reports, visual recordings, and any other materials:
http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/foil2.html#s86
 
10. Headings And Subheadings. The headings and subheadings used in this letter are for convenience of reference purposes only, and should not be construed to be words of limitation or otherwise of any substantive significance relative to these FOIL requests.
 
11. Costs. If there are any copying or other fees for this, please let me know what they are and how they are calculated, before filling the request and forwarding the Records to me. As this FOIL should be considered a matter of public importance, and as its results will be shared with the general public and published, I am asking that any otherwise-applicable fees be waived for this document-production. I am also asking that all documents be provided to me electronically to the full extent possible, so as to obviate the need for any photocopying expense.
 
12. Denials And Appeals. In the event that any portion of my request is denied, please inform me of each of the specific reasons for any such denial in writing - and provide me with the name, address, and other contact information of the person or entity to whom an appeal should be directed.
 
13. Additional Requests. These FOIL requests are not intended to be exhaustive, and I may make additional and follow-up requests.
 
I will appreciate a response from each of you, your respective offices, and RCBOE, as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
 
Respectfully, and with thanks,

John J. Tormey III, Esq.
 
cc:
VIA FAX: 1-518-474-1927, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
coog@dos.ny.gov
NYS Committee on Open Government (COOG)
Department of State
One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 650
Albany, New York 12231 USA