Judith Youngblood’s single-family home is not located near the expressway. It is also not located near a service road, a playing field, a private/public school or a commercial district.
The resident responsible for a pending lawsuit against Village of Great Neck government, which has spent more than two years in Nassau County Supreme Court, resides in the heart of the desirable and highly sought-after Baker Hill neighborhood.
Most mornings when extended families are making breakfast, packing lunches and dashing out the door, Ms. Youngblood worries about her mounting legal bills – bills that one can reasonably guesstimate costs upwards of $100,000.
Mayor Bral’s decision to use and/or exploit Village of Great Neck resident, C. J. Abraham, as a means of mocking this female resident’s efforts for peaceful enjoyment of her home seems to me cruel and bordering on unethical. To date, the Youngblood lawsuit has been ridiculed in print and in a public village meeting that was simultaneously live-streamed on YouTube.
It all comes down to this: Ms. Youngblood requested the nearby LED streetlight – installed between December 2017 and January 2018 – be removed from the street pole where it was negatively impacting both the inside and the outside of her single-family home.
The above explanation is intentionally simplistic. Ms. Youngblood is not alone in suffering adverse impact from the placement of a newly installed LED streetlight. If you are unlucky enough to suffer the placement of an LED streetlight immediately outside your home, where bedroom windows are situated, you know precisely what I am talking about.
I am advised New York State Law requires appropriate shielding of all LED streetlights. The bare bulb near Ms. Youngblood’s home is not shielded.
If this story troubles you and you want to be a good Samaritan – even anonymously – search Gofundme for the “J. Youngblood v. Great Neck Lawsuit.” Give whatever donation feels right to you.
The rest, as they say, is history. For more than two years this lawsuit has been in Nassau County Supreme Court. All that Youngblood desires is her continued ability for peaceful enjoyment of her single-family home. Don’t we all deserve the same?
It seems to me, Mayor Bral is doing his utmost to condemn this female resident and her rights as if she were simply a bug to be squashed. The mayor is, above all, the driving force behind obscene legal costs – presumed six-digit figures – his objective to drain this resident of every penny of her life savings. Isn’t this conduct, orchestrated by an observant member of the community, the extreme opposite of compassion or “chesed?”
Let’s not forget: If Youngblood’s legal expenses exceed $100,000, what do you suppose the Village of Great Neck’s legal expenses are aggregating to? That’s your tax dollars.
I encourage you to visit the Village of Great Neck Village Hall, fill out a Freedom of Information Act form and request the itemized billing records of all legal fees attached to this lawsuit to date. Don’t be surprised when your Freedom of Information request is denied. Every citizen has the right to understand what is taking place, behind closed doors in their local government, especially where residents’ tax dollars are concerned.
Judy Shore Rosenthal
Great Neck
