Legis. Martinez makes a hire with family ties
Suffolk Legis. Monica Martinez (D-Brentwood) has hired a former Salvadoran diplomat who is partners in a political consulting firm with her brother Tony, a Babylon town board member.
Luis E. Montes Brito, 51, started as a $44,709-a-year legislative aide this month. The firm, Pan American Communications LLC, specializes in reaching Hispanic voters. Montes Brito is also the father of Luis Montes, a $110,000-a-year assistant deputy to County Executive Steve Bellone; Luis Montes said he was also in the firm before joining the Bellone administration. Montes-Brito has served as general counsel to El Salvador on Long Island and in Florida and vice minister of foreign affairs for Salvadorans living abroad. -- Rick Brand
'If you don't address demand, you don't address the problem' Police are only addressing the supply, but demand is what fuels the illicit sex trade, experts say. Newsday political reporter Bahar Ostadan has the story.
'If you don't address demand, you don't address the problem' Police are only addressing the supply, but demand is what fuels the illicit sex trade, experts say. Newsday political reporter Bahar Ostadan has the story.
