Huntington
– Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci directed that all flags on Town of
Huntington properties be flown at half-staff starting Monday, April 6,
to honor former Councilman Thomas J. Casey,
former Assemblyman and Legislator Regis O’Neil, Huntington Hospital
nurse John Abruzzo, and other lives lost from the Town of Huntington
family.
“The
Town of Huntington stands together in mourning former Councilman Casey,
former Assemblyman O’Neil, Mr. Abbruzzo and the lowered flag
symbolically honors all those lives lost from the Town
of Huntington family during this difficult time in our nation,” said
Supervisor Chad A. Lupinacci.
According to his obituary
available on the M.A. Connell Funeral Home website, former Councilman
Thomas J. Casey passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020. New York. Mr.
Casey was an attorney and Councilman in the Town of Huntington, New York
for many years.
Regis
O’Neil, a former New York State Assemblyman, Suffolk County Legislator,
and philanthropist, passed away on Wednesday, April 1.
John
Abruzzo, a registered nurse from Seaford who cared for COVID-19 positive
patients at Huntington Hospital, passed away on Thursday, April 2.
In the photo: Flag at half-staff at Huntington Town Hall on April 7, 2020.
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