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Schmitt warned about LIPA failures in 2010
Photo credit: Michael Ross Wacht
If Nassau’s late Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt (R-Massapequa) had been around to see LIPA’s dismaying performance after Hurricane Sandy, he would be justified in saying, ‘I told you so.’”
Schmitt, who died suddenly last month, called for an investigation into LIPA in March 2010 after an unnamed storm with hurricane-force winds blew through Long Island, toppling trees and knocking out power...
