Unhand Piermont!: Livin' On The Edge.

Law Office of John J. Tormey III, Esq.
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REQUEST UNDER THE NEW JERSEY OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (“OPRA”)

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

VIA FAX: 1-201-943-9242, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
mayormcpartland@edgewaternj.org
Mayor Michael J. McPartland
Borough of Edgewater, New Jersey
55 River Road
Edgewater, NJ 07020 USA

VIA FAX: 1-201-943-9242, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
sevans@edgewaternj.org
Stephanie Evans, Borough Clerk
Borough of Edgewater, New Jersey
55 River Road
Edgewater, NJ 07020 USA

VIA FAX: 1-201-943-6010, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
mweber@edgewaternj.org
Maureen Weber, Technical Assistance – Building Department
Borough of Edgewater, New Jersey
55 River Road
Edgewater, NJ 07020 USA

VIA FAX: 1-201-886-8366, U.S. MAIL, and E-MAIL:
lminetti@edgewaternj.org
Lynn Minetti, CMR - Health Department
Borough of Edgewater, New Jersey
916 River Road, FL2
Edgewater, NJ 07020 USA

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Re:
Francis Steven (Frank) DeCarlo –
His Company, “FDC Contracting Co., Inc.”
His Other Company Decarlo Construction
His Other Company, “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company”
My File:
The People Of The Village Of Piermont, New York adv.
Francis Steven (Frank) DeCarlo and FDC Contracting Co., Inc.

Dear Mayor McPartland, Ms. Evans, Ms. Weber, Ms. Minetti, and Colleagues:

I am an attorney in New York. I am a citizen and resident of the Town of Orangetown, and the County of Rockland.

Under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), P.L. 2001, c. 404, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.:
https://nj.gov/opra/
https://www.nfoic.org/new-jersey-sample-foia-request
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Public_Records_Act
… request is hereby made that your office provide to this, my law office, full and complete copies of each and every document and other item of material (collectively, “Records”) which may be at all responsive to the following requests:

1. Francis Steven (Frank) DeCarlo. All Records relating to an individual known as “Francis Steven (Frank) DeCarlo”, commonly known as “Frank DeCarlo”- apparently of Cresskill, New Jersey; River Vale, New Jersey; and Alpine, New Jersey. Mister DeCarlo performs services of a General Contractor nature. While he appears to be a “flipper”, principally if not exclusively of single-family of residential housing units, his work in Edgewater may have been otherwise. Specifically, Mister DeCarlo and his company are tied to at least one Edgewater, New Jersey location in the public record:

Edgewater Colony
Edgewater, NJ

Mister DeCarlo was apparently born in June of 1967 and is of the age of 56 or 57 years old.

Mister DeCarlo and his company have two (2) New Jersey contractor’s licenses, as follows:

I.
Home Improvement Contractor’s License #13VH00185500.
Issue Date: March 14, 2005. Reinstatement. Exp. March 31, 2025. Status: Active.
Name: FDC CONTRACTING CO INC.
Owner Name: Frank DeCarlo Jr.
Address: 376 12TH ST, Cresskill, New Jersey 07626.
alias “DeCarlo Construction”
alias “Frank DeCarlo”
alias “FDC”
alias “FDC Contracting”
alias “FDC Development”
alias “FDC Development & Construction Management”
as further indicated here:
https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/Details.aspx?result=fc39f5d8-9d7f-405a-accd-131d10aee870

II.
Home Improvement Contractor’s License #13VH05153400.
Issue Date: May 27, 2009. Reinstatement. Exp. March 31, 2025. Status: Active.
Name: DECARLO CONSTRUCTION.
Owner Name: Frank DeCarlo.
Address: 45 Royal Ave, Hawthorne, New Jersey 07506.
alias “FDC Contracting Co., Inc.”
alias “Frank DeCarlo”
alias “FDC”
alias “FDC Contracting”
alias “FDC Development”
alias “FDC Development & Construction Management”
as further indicated here:
https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/Details.aspx?result=b72d63f5-c25b-4f6b-bf6c-a395000beae0

For further identification purposes, Mister DeCarlo’s quite unusual Instagram social media page, at which he publicly urges all of us to “Work hard… play hard mofos!”[sic], is found here:
https://www.instagram.com/frank_decarlo/

On his same Instagram social media page, Mister DeCarlo links us to a defunct Internet website incorporating the name of an apparently-related business, as follows:
www.fdcdevelopment.com

Other names by which Mister DeCarlo may be known, including possible misspellings, are as follows:

Frank De Carlo
Francis De Carlo
Frank Decarlo
Francis S. Decarlo Jr.
Frank A. Decarlo Jr.
Franc S. Decarlo
Frank S. Decarlo
Francis S. Decarlow Jr.
Frank Delarlo Jr.
Frank Dicarlo
Frank Di Carlo
Frank DiCarlo

2. FDC Contracting Co., Inc. Additionally, I am hereby requesting all Records relating to Frank DeCarlo’s company:
“FDC Contracting Co., Inc.”
alias “DeCarlo Construction”
alias “Frank DeCarlo”
alias “FDC”
alias “FDC Contracting”
alias “FDC Development”
alias “FDC Development & Construction Management”

Mister DeCarlo is indicated on his own LinkedIn social media page as “President” of “FDC Contracting Co., Inc.”:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-decarlo-8a585078/

Mister DeCarlo is listed as “Principal” of “FDC Contracting Co., Inc.” at these Internet websites and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) here:
https://www.thebluebook.com/iProView/1667188/fdc-contracting-co-inc/general-contractors/locations-contacts/
https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.fdc_contracting_co_inc.2b8768ab37e41a900ab849e1c90e6db7.html
https://www.buzzfile.com/business/Fdc-Contracting-Co-Inc-201-569-3864

According to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.’s Internet website located at:
www.fdccontracting.com
… the company is located at:

FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
145 Stonegate Trail
Cresskill, New Jersey 07626 USA

An additional address for the company is apparently as follows:

FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
338 Lafayette Street
Cresskill, New Jersey 07626 USA

The phone number for FDC Contracting Co., Inc. is indicated in the public record as 201-569-3864. The many other phone numbers linked to Mister DeCarlo and FDC Contracting Co., Inc. on the Internet and in the public record, are found at Exhibit “A” hereinbelow. The e-mail addresses linked to Mister DeCarlo and FDC Contracting Co., Inc. on the Internet and in the public record, are found at Exhibit “B” hereinbelow.

3. Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company. Additionally, I am hereby requesting all Records relating to “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company”, another entity with which Mr. DeCarlo is associated, and for which Mr. DeCarlo is now listed as a “Member”, “Officer”, and “Director”:
https://unhandpiermont.blogspot.com/2024/05/frank-decarlo-and-craig-weis-purge.html
The citizens of Piermont, New York and Rockland County, New York oppose Mister DeCarlo’s activities within the State of New York in connection with “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company”. Mister DeCarlo’s LLC currently seeks to place an abhorrent overstuffed residential construction directly within the center of Piermont, that would disfigure this picturesque and historic Hudson River Valley village. The DeCarlo construction would destroy local traffic patterns while in the process paving-over the site of a former Sunoco gasoline station that had underground gasoline tanks. Additionally, the DeCarlo construction would work to further flood-out the low-lying village of Piermont already suffering severe flooding distress - due to rampant and unchecked over-development - and due to a soft and tainted small-time local village government violating process mandated by Rockland County, the county within which Piermont sits:
https://unhandpiermont.blogspot.com/2024/04/how-to-access-court-file.html

4. General Contractor Status, And Documents.
Mister DeCarlo is listed as a “General Contractor” on these following Internet websites and URLs:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/decarlo-frank-cresskill
https://www.houzz.com/professionals/general-contractors/fdc-contracting-co-inc-pfvwus-pf~1544254593

Accordingly, I am hereby requesting, in each case to the extent as may be existing:

(a). All Records reflecting any property record, property title, or other property documentation of, for, or otherwise concerning Frank DeCarlo.
(b). All Records reflecting any property record, property title, or other property documentation of, for, or otherwise concerning FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(c). All Records reflecting any tax, tax payment, tax history, tax credit, tax arrearage, tax warrant, or other tax-related documentation of, for, or otherwise concerning Frank DeCarlo.
(d). All Records reflecting any tax, tax payment, tax history, tax credit, tax arrearage, tax warrant, or other tax-related documentation of, for, or otherwise concerning FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(e). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other licensure, licenses, or permits for Frank DeCarlo.
(f). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other licensure, licenses, or permits for FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(g). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other license or permit applications by Frank DeCarlo.
(h). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other license or permit applications by FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(i). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other license or permit suspensions of Frank DeCarlo.
(j). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other license or permit suspensions of FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(k). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other license or permit revocations for Frank DeCarlo.
(l). All Records reflecting any General Contractor, electrical, or other license or permit revocations for FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(m). All Records reflecting any workplace accidents, incidents, environmental matters, health matters, injuries, or other untoward occurrences relating to Frank Decarlo.
(n). All Records reflecting any workplace accidents, incidents, environmental matters, health matters, injuries, or other untoward occurrences relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(o). All Records reflecting any other labor or employment matters relating to Frank Decarlo.
(p). All Records reflecting any other labor or employment matters relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(q). All Records reflecting any customer, consumer, or other complaints about Frank DeCarlo.
(r). All Records reflecting any customer, consumer, or other complaints about FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(s). All Records reflecting any administrative or other proceedings relating to Frank DeCarlo.
(t). All Records reflecting any administrative or other proceedings relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(u). All Records reflecting any claims or litigations relating to Frank DeCarlo.
(v). All Records reflecting any claims or litigations relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(w). All Records reflecting any enforcement or comparable actions relating to Frank DeCarlo.
(x). All Records reflecting any enforcement or comparable actions relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(y). All Records reflecting any fines or other penalties relating to Frank DeCarlo.
(z). All Records reflecting any fines or other penalties relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(aa). All Records reflecting any violation of the so-called “Consumer Fraud Act” (CFA) by Frank DeCarlo.
(bb). All Records reflecting any violation of the so-called “Consumer Fraud Act” (CFA) by FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(cc). All Records reflecting any violation or claimed violation of any other laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, requirements, or standards by Frank DeCarlo.
(dd). All Records reflecting any violation or claimed violation of any other laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, requirements, or standards by FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(ee). All Records of any e-mails or other correspondence to, from, or relating to Frank DeCarlo.
(ff). All Records of any e-mails or other correspondence to, from, or relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(gg). All Records of planning, zoning, applications, approvals, variances, building, construction, insurance, or bonding, including without limitation e-mails, minutes, resolutions, and deliberative materials, relating to Frank DeCarlo.
(hh). All Records of planning, zoning, applications, approvals, variances, building, construction, insurance, or bonding, including without limitation e-mails, minutes, resolutions, and deliberative materials, relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.
(ii). All other Records of any other kind or nature relating to Frank DeCarlo.
(jj). All other Records of any other kind or nature relating to FDC Contracting Co., Inc.

5. Violations Of Laws – IF Ever Any. Specifically, I am hereby seeking, to the extent if at all existing, 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 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Centers For Disease Control (CDC), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States Department Of Justice (USDOJ), U.S. Department Of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), U.S. Attorney’s Office (USATTY), Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (USHHS), Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) especially but without limitation its division known as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Office of the New York State Governor (NYS GOV), Office of the New Jersey Governor (NJ GOV), NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (NYSDHSES), New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP), NYS Office of Emergency Management (NYSOEM), New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM), New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYSAG), New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (NJAG), New York State Department Of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), New York State Department Of Health (NYSDOH), New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), Rockland County Department Of Health (RCDOH), Bergen County Department of Health Services (BCDOH), Bergen County Utilities Authority (BCUA), Rockland County Solid Waste Authority (RCSWA), New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (NJAG), Office of the New York State Attorney General (NYSAG), NJAG Division of Consumer Protection/Regulated Business Section (DCA/OCP), New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS), State of New Jersey Department Of Banking And Insurance (NJDBI), New Jersey Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors (NJBEEC), New York Electrical Inspection Agency (NYEIA), all other New Jersey and New York state and local agencies, and any other potentially-relevant authority.

6. 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, 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.

7. Headings. The headings for numbered Items #1 through #10 herein are for purposes of your convenience of reference only, and should not be construed to be words of limitation or otherwise of any substantive significance relative to this OPRA request.

8. Costs. If there are any copying or other fees for this, please let me know what they are and how they are calculated, before fulfilling the request and forwarding the Records to me. As this OPRA request should be considered a matter of public importance, and as its results will be shared with the general public, I am asking that any otherwise-applicable fees be waived for this production of Records. I am also asking that all Records be provided to me electronically to the full extent possible, so as to obviate the need for any photocopying expense.

9. 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.

10. Additional OPRA Requests. This OPRA request is not intended to be exhaustive, and I may need to make additional or follow-up requests.

I will appreciate a response from you and your office as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Respectfully, and with thanks,

John J. Tormey III, Esq.

cc:
VIA U.S. MAIL and E-MAIL:
grc@dca.state.nj.us
Government Records Council (GRC)
PO Box 819
Trenton, NJ, 08625 USA

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Exhibit “A”
Phone Numbers To Which Frank DeCarlo Is Linked On The Internet And In The Public Record.

1.
(201) 568-4730           ______            ______

2.
(201) 816-4380           ______            ______

3.
(201) 569-3864           ______            ______

4.
(201) 835-3207           Wireless          Last reported April 2024.

5.
(201) 569-3424           Landline          Last reported October 2010.

6.
(201) 206-0319           Wireless          Last reported July 2019.

7.
(201) 569-3864           Landline          Last reported July 2013.

8.
(201) 291-1803           Landline          Last reported February 2006.

9.
(201) 651-1038           Landline          Last reported February 2006.

10.
(201) 816-0678           Landline          Last reported July 2022.

11.
(201) 816-4380           Landline          Last reported July 2022.

12.
(303) 750-3700           Landline          Last reported May 2020.

13.
(201) 805-2241           Wireless          Last reported June 2011.

14.
(201) 206-5545           Wireless          Last reported March 2024.