Summary of Board of Regents Discipline of Design Professionals

Wei Jwo Lin, Flushing, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 050298; Cal. No. 24070
Regents Action Date: July 28, 2008 (see also February 2004)
Action: Application to surrender license granted. Summary: Licensee did not contest the allegation that, on or about January 13, 2005, with fraudulent intent, he submitted a TR-1 form to the Department of Buildings in which he certified that said building had fireproofing when, in truth and in fact, and as he well knew, said building did not have fireproofing material.

Abraham Hertzberg, Great Neck, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 029007; Cal. No. 24116
Regents Action Date: September 16, 2008
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest allegations that on several occasions between October 2004 and March 2008, with fraudulent intent, he used the stamp of another licensed professional to stamp and seal plans.

Ira J. Benlevi, Holliswood, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 014183; Cal. No. 22830Regents Action Date: January 9, 2007Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of last 6 months of suspension stayed.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Giving Unlawful Gratuities, a class A misdemeanor, relating to providing unlawful payments to a building inspector.Salvatore Marco Marrese, Tarrytown, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 024861; Cal. No. 22942Regents Action Date: January 9, 2007Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that, in each of 6 projects in which he stamped and signed the plans but did not draft said plans, there were errors in said plans or in his evaluation of said plans and in 2 of the projects, he failed to prepare an evaluation of said plans.Mark Powell, Massapequa, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 022307; Cal. No. 21767Regents Action Date: January 9, 2007Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing the profession fraudulently relating to agreeing to provide professional services and accepting payment for those services and intentionally failing to complete the services.Holly Lizabeth Schulz-Amatruda, Darien, CTProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 027281; Cal. No. 23035Regents Action Date: January 9, 2007Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in State of New York.Summary: Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of filing a false report.

Paul Michael Scanlon, Seattle, WAProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 023232; Cal. No. 23045Regents Action Date: February 13, 2007Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in New York State.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of filing a false report.

Elizabeth G. McQuilkin, East Islip, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050211; Cal. No. 23047Regents Action Date: February 13, 2007Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of preparing maps of land surveys in 2 cases in which information contained in said maps was not supported by the field notes made in each case.Augustine Osayaba Okundaye, Mt. Vernon, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 074025; Cal. No. 22858Regents Action Date: February 13, 2007Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to prepare and retain for a period of not less than 6 years a thorough written evaluation of plans he signed and sealed but which were not prepared by him or by an employee under his direct supervision.David A. Graham, Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016976; Cal. No. 23225
Regents Action Date: March 20, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to comply with the directions of the State Board with regard to continuing education and of practicing while unregistered.

Michael A. Ruditser, Merrick, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 059587; Cal. No. 22947
Regents Action Date: March 20, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year actual suspension, thereafter 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Mail Fraud, a class D felony.

Karl E. Ackermann, Pearl River, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 027393; Cal. No. 22613
Regents Action Date: May 22, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for not less than 1 year and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 5 years probation to commence if and when return to practice, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Disseminating Indecent Material to a Minor, a class E felony.

Shahriar Afshari-Tork, Roslyn Harbor, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 069849; Cal. No. 21737
Regents Action Date: May 22, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of certifying that all work and materials at a job site conformed to New York City Building Department approved plans and specifications when it did not.

Fouad Ali Farhat, New York, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 068825; Cal. No. 23167
Regents Action Date: May 22, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of certifying and sealing documents without a thorough review; failing to prepare and retain a written evaluation of the professional services represented by said documents; and failing to list his address on plans filed with the New York City Department of Buildings.

Vinod Govind Patel, East Meadow, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 079830; Cal. No. 23361
Regents Action Date: May 22, 2007
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child, a class E felony; Criminal Sexual Act in the 1st Degree, a class B felony; Incest, a class E felony; and Rape in the 1st Degree, a class B felony.

Thomas G. Ahneman, Cos Cob, CT
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050341; Cal. No. 21176
Regents Action Date: June 26, 2007
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Annul license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of submitting a fraudulent licensing application to the New York State Education Department.

Kenneth L. Kaefer, Franklin Lakes, NJ
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 012119; Cal. No. 23248
Regents Action Date: July 25, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $7,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that in 1995, he enabled an individual to obtain his professional stamp and thereafter failed to secure it.

Henry W. Hessing, Babylon, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053797; Cal. No. 21986
Regents Action Date: July 25, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to prepare and retain for at least six (6) years a written evaluation of the professional services represented by plans signed and sealed by him and not prepared by him or under his supervision.
Ronald William Staub, Webster, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 044621; Cal. No. 23214
Regents Action Date: July 25, 2007 (see also May 2005)
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of practicing land surveying when not registered, failing to comply with State laws, rules, and regulations governing the practice of land surveying, and violating a term of probation imposed upon him by the New York State Board of Regents.

Stephen L. Cohan, New York, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 011222; Cal. No. 23156
Regents Action Date: September 11, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Commercial Bribe Receiving in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.

Noel Wong Architect P.C., 767 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Profession: Architecture; Cal. No. 22027
Regents Action Date: September 11, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of preparing, prior to July 2001, architectural drawings that were incomplete and that contained errors, and filing Department of Buildings forms on or about March 2002, that related improperly to structural plans not filed before or at the same time as the forms, for a self-certified alteration application for a building located in New York City.

Noel Tung Wan Wong, New York, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 026782; Cal. No. 22026
Regents Action Date: September 11, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of preparing, prior to July 2001, architectural drawings that were incomplete and that contained errors, and filing Department of Buildings forms on or about March 2002, that related improperly to structural plans not filed before or at the same time as the forms, for a self-certified alteration application for a building located in New York City.

Wallace Chu, Glen Cove, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 008450; Cal. No. 23343
Regents Action Date: October 23, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, upon service of suspension 1 year probation, $1,000 fine payable within the first two months of suspension.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Theft or Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds.

William M. Judge, Seaford, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 060844; Cal. No. 23464
Regents Action Date: October 23, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to specify in detail the defects found during the inspection of a residential building in the home inspection report.

John L. Teramo, St. Simons Island, GA
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 039680; Cal. No. 23446
Regents Action Date: October 23, 2007
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain for at least six (6) years all plans documents, computations, records, and professional evaluations he prepared relating to work he had signed and sealed.

Kenny Lee, Great Neck, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 024793; Cal. No. 21722
Regents Action Date: December 14, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 year stayed suspension, 3 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to file certifications of completion, renew permits, or withdraw his professional sign-off responsibilities, within 1 year from permit issuance, on 178 applications he had filed with the New York City Department of Buildings as the applicant of record.

Robert J. Ganley, Delmar, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 031925; Cal. No. 23569
Regents Action Date: December 14, 2007
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 4 month actual suspension, 20 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $2,000 fine payable within 6 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of signing plans that he had not prepared or thoroughly reviewed.

Michael J. Maziarz, Cheektowaga, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050498; Cal. No. 23665
Regents Action Date: December 14, 2007
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of falsifying work experience on his initial application.

Frank Rapant, Jr., Schenectady, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 032135; Cal. No. 23651
Regents Action Date: December 14, 2007 (see also September 2002)
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of sealing and signing a survey and plot plan with deficiencies, placing a pin without supportive evidence, and failing to maintain documents.

Michael George Calvi a/k/a Michael Calvi, Chappaqua, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 057806; Cal. No. 21553Regents Action Date: January 10, 2006Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 5 year suspension, execution of last 36 months of suspension stayed, probation 36 months.Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Interference with Commerce by Threats or Violence, a felony; Bribe Receiving in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony; Receiving Unlawful Gratuities, a class A misdemeanor; Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd Degree, a class D felony; Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony; and Bribe Receiving in the 2nd Degree, a class C felony.Thomas P. Falzone, Corning, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 047820; Cal. No. 22434Regents Action Date: January 10, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.

Rajashekar Rao Ravilla, Denville, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 068438; Cal. No. 22530Regents Action Date: March 21, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Mail Fraud, a felony.

Peter Lawrence Schulte, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 019717; Cal. No. 22622Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of giving a fee to a third party for the referral of a client.Ronald Victorio, Staten Island, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 017206; Cal. No. 22488Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that he failed to complete mandatory continuing education within the prescribed time period.

Richard H. Green, Albany, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053776; Cal. No. 22546Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of failing to complete a thorough written evaluation and to include an Energy Conservation Statement and the alteration of statement as required.

Walter E. Blum, Great Neck, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 006928; Cal. No. 21988Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.Nicholas Vero, Westhampton Beach, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 018461; Cal. No. 22638Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 9 month stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing the profession of architecture fraudulently, to wit: fraudulently using a stamp from the Department of Health on a site plan.

Kenneth J. Treiling, Catskill, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 066409; Cal. No. 22554Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of being convicted of the crimes of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th Degree and the charge of filing a false report about the criminal convictions.

Paul Lombardi Architect, P.C., 100 Hancock Street, Staten Island, NYProfession: Architecture; Cal. No. 22758Regents Action Date: September 12, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: $2,500 fine.Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge of failing to follow zoning requirements when professionally sealing plans.Paul Joseph Lombardi, Freehold, NJProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 026694; Cal. No. 22757Regents Action Date: September 12, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to follow zoning requirements when signing and professionally sealing plans.

Ronald H. Laberge, Albany, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 039022; Cal. No. 22881Regents Action Date: September 12, 2006Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Mail Fraud.

Louis Carl DiOrio, Utica, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 009874; Cal. No. 21343Regents Action Date: October 24, 2006Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to submit plans and specifications in a timely manner to the State Education Department.Tom Jannetides, Indianapolis, INProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 029064; Cal. No. 22939Regents Action Date: October 24, 2006Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the Tennessee State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners.

Daniel T. Kessler, Rotterdam, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 065433; Cal. No. 22552Regents Action Date: October 24, 2006Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of last 10 months of suspension stayed, 1 year probation, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Attempted Unlawful Surveillance in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.

Nicole De Acetis, Asharoken, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 016923; Cal. No. 23069Regents Action Date: December 5, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of failing to collect withholding tax in violation of New York Tax Law section 1806(a), a class A misdemeanor.Christopher Beardsley, Philadelphia, PAProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 027006; Cal. No. 23020Regents Action Date: December 5, 2006Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing a false report.Brian Burke, New Rochelle, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 022649; Cal. No. 22441Regents Action Date: December 5, 2006Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 36 month suspension, execution of last 30 months of suspension stayed, probation for at least 7 years and until termination of criminal probation as set forth in Regents Review Committee report.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Disseminating Indecent Material to a Minor, in the 1st Degree, a felony.

Neal A. O’Connor, Staten Island, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 059548; Cal. No. 22890Regents Action Date: December 5, 2006Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that he filed an incomplete financial disclosure form.

John J. Grosfeld, New York, NYProfession: Architecture; Lic. No. 008752; Cal. No. 13633Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against charges of signing a form that he was not qualified to sign.

Richard Allen Styles, Kingston, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045892; Cal. No. 14685Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against charges of preparing an incorrect survey and failing to respond to a verbal request by the client's attorney to consult further with her with regard to the survey.Gerald T. O'Buckley, Jamaica, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 039834; Cal. No. 14829Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year under various terms, $2,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to indicate on a survey map that the map was based on a survey in his possession.John C. Hoeflich, Long Beach, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 054082; Cal. No. 14994Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.Donald C. Gregory, Buffalo, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 028979; Cal. No. 14187Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of errors in the plans for a residence.

John E. Kloch, Tonawanda, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 013770; Cal. No. 13724 Regents Action Date: November 4, 1994 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of signing and sealing structural plans and failing to maintain the required records, computations and documents related to the plans. John E. Kloch Architect, P.C., Tonawanda, NY Profession: Architecture; Reg No. 20327; Cal. No. 13725 Regents Action Date: November 4, 1994 Action: $500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of signing and sealing structural plans and failing to maintain the required records, computations and documents related to the plans. Robert Pardi, White Deer, PA; Hicksville, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 011862; Cal. No. 14987 Regents Action Date: November 4, 1994 Action: Application to surrender license granted. Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of making False Statements, Conspiring to Make False Statements, and Failing to Maintain Records.

John Charles Doyle, Red Hook, NY Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 048972; Cal. No. 14831 Regents Action Date: November 4, 1994 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $4,000 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to base a survey on a closed traverse and failing to show visual evidence of trails on two survey maps.

Frank A. Visconti, New York, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 036065; Cal. No. 13901Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,250 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of certifying plans he had not prepared.

Edward K. Cassidy, Croton Falls, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 049583; Cal. No. 14522 Regents Action Date: June 24, 1994 Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months under various terms, 100 hours of public service. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of failure to supply information to the Internal Revenue Service.

Steven E. Homburger, Huntington Station, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 020411; Cal. No. 14626 Regents Action Date: May 20, 1994 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Driving While Intoxicated.

Roger Dale Harrower, Jamestown, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 050626; Cal. No. 14565 Regents Action Date: May 20, 1994 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing his seal on plans not prepared by him and failing to prepare and retain a written evaluation of the professional services represented by the plans

Gregg Thomas Wagner, Sunnyside, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 018687; Cal. No. 14509 Regents Action Date: March 18, 1994 Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing his seal on plans not prepared by himself and failing to prepare and retain a written evaluation of the professional services represented by the plans.

James John Data, Greenwich, NY Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 046507; Cal. No. 14409 Regents Action Date: March 18, 1994 Action: 1 year suspension with leave to apply for early termination upon successful completion of certain course work, upon service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence upon return to practice, 100 hours of public service. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of violating terms of probation.

Salvatore V. Riina, Katonah, NY.Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 051251; Cal. No. 13647Regents Action Date: December 15, 1995Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine, 100 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of certifying a final drawing indicating a septic system was built according to plans when in fact it was not, failing to verify that a septic system was installed according to design plans, certifying a final drawing indicating a septic system was built according to plans when it was not and failing to verify that a septic system was installed according to design plans.Thomas DeLorenzo, Brooklyn, NY.Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 051702; Cal. No. 15687Regents Action Date: December 15, 1995Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admits to a conviction of committing Petit Larceny.

Arthur M. English, Honeoye Falls, NY Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049546; Cal. No. 15657 Regents Action Date: November 3, 1995 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving Under the Influence in Florida. Louis J. Liberatore, Morganville, NJ Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 057076; Cal. No. 15668 Regents Action Date: November 3, 1995 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified Misdemeanor. William J. Cromeek, Pleasantville, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 058649; Cal. No. 15678 Regents Action Date: November 3, 1995 Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $3,500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Fare Evasion and Conspiracy to Evade Fares. Benjamin David Goldberg, Las Vegas, NV Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045877; Cal. No. 14246 Regents Action Date: November 3, 1995 Action: Application to surrender license granted. Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of falsely indicating on a document submitted in connection with an application for licensure as a land surveyor that he supervised the applicant's work. Stuart B. Horowitz, Lewisburg, PA Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 048552; Cal. No. 15699 Regents Action Date: November 3, 1995 Action: Application to surrender license granted. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Bribery of a Local Government Official, Conspiracy to Bribe a Local Government Official, and two counts of Mail Fraud, all Felonies.

Robert H. Barstow, North Tarrytown, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016326; Cal. No. 15300 Regents Action Date: September 15, 1995 Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months of said suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 100 hours of public service. Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, a Class E Felony.

William M. Frudakis, Woodside, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016603; Cal. No. 13532 Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine. Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to complete contracted architectural services for four clients in a timely manner.

Louie Carini, Rochester, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 033828; Cal. No. 11584 Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 (see also June 1998) Action: $5,000 fine, probation 2 years. Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of having affixed his signature and seal to building plans that had been copied without permission from a plan by an architect, and having affixed his signature and seal to building plans that failed to comply with building codes. Narendra N. Patel, Garden City, KS Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 068606; Cal. No. 14667 Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 Action: Upon first specification, annul license; upon second and third specifications, revocation. Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of obtaining his licensee to practice the profession fraudulently.

Daniel D. Milano, College Point, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 028367; Cal. No. 12978 Regents Action Date: June 9, 1995 Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine. Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of failing to prepare and return, for a period of not less than six years, a thorough written evaluation of the professional services represented in the plans designated and prepared by another party and signed and sealed by licensee. R. Ronald Kreiling, Ontario, NY Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049053; Cal. No. 14558 Regents Action Date: June 9, 1995 Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of performing professional services not duly authorized by his client. William Joseph Newton, Buffalo, NY Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 037218; Cal. No. 15209 Regents Action Date: June 9, 1995 Action: Application to surrender license granted. Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of making errors and using improper techniques in performing a survey and preparing a survey map.

Robert C. Burgher, Phoenicia, NY. Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 036689; Cal. No. 13538 Regents Action Date: April 28, 1995 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine. Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to complete a survey and failing to properly supervise an employee.

Raoul D. Lafaye, Elmhurst, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 014979; Cal. No. 13510 Regents Action Date: March 17, 1995 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year. Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to complete contracted architectural services for two clients. Jordan Gary Mertz, New York, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 009590; Cal. No. 13513 Regents Action Date: March 17, 1995 Action: 2 year suspension to be terminated sooner and execution of the remainder of such suspension shall be stayed upon submission of certain proof - upon service or stay of the aforesaid suspension, probation 24 months under various terms. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of violating terms of probation. Myron J. Gilson, Central Islip, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 009638; Cal. No. 15113 Regents Action Date: March 17, 1995 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, 25 hours of public service. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol.

Thomas Limperis, Syosset, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 029096; Cal. No. 15149 Regents Action Date: March 17, 1995 Action: Application to surrender license granted. Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of placing his seal on design drawings before they were in final form; placing his seal on drawings he did not prepare and failing to prepare and retain a written evaluation of the professional services represented by the drawings; and making design errors on those drawings.License Restored: Effective December 28, 1998, licensee's license was restored by action of the Board of Regents.

Gary John Gulickson, Albany, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 021996; Cal. No. 16130 Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996 Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction of an act constituting a crime under New York law (Unlawful Imprisonment in the Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor).

George Kurosaka, Jr., Queensburg, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 035869; Cal. No. 13120 Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996 Action: Revocation. Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to prepare and retain thorough written evaluations showing how lateral supports are to be provided or how horizonal reactions are to be sustained.

Lawrence K. Moss, Buffalo, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 015450; Cal. No. 15603Regents Action Date: September 20, 1996Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of making errors in plans for a single family house.
Peter Anthony Chiefari, Troy, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 050531; Cal. No. 15025Regents Action Date: September 20, 1996Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of submitting a New York State Environmental Quality Review Full Environmental Assessment Form with information at substantial variance with actual conditions.Jerome Martin Simins, Troy, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 048728; Cal. No. 16077Regents Action Date: September 20, 1996Action: 2 year suspension after which probation for 2 years.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction for Bribery of a Public Official.
David Lee, Little Neck, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 017642; Cal. No. 16132Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing his seal on a sprinkler system plan which was not prepared by him or his employee, and he did not prepare a thorough written evaluation of the professional services represented by the plan.

Robert Lee Hall, Pacific, WAProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 065651; Cal. No. 14677Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996Action: Annul license, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of fraudulently obtaining his license to practice as a professional engineer. Licensee knowingly and intentionally made false statements on a license application, falsely representing that he had never been convicted of a crime.James Edward Thomas, St. Johnsville, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045305; Cal. No. 15201Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996 (see also October 2001)Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to prepare and retain a thorough written evaluation of the services represented by a survey he signed and sealed, failing to maintain documents for a survey he signed and sealed, and permitting an unlicensed person to share in the fee for the survey.Paul William Hodor, Catskill, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049860; Cal. No. 15710Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction of Assault in the Third Degree.Harold T. Hyatt, Kingston, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049139; Cal. No. 16087Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of multiple errors in one survey.

John I. Johnsen a/k/a John Johnsen, Eglin, FL; Orlando, FLProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 054753; Cal. No. 15503Regents Action Date: June 14, 1996Action: Revocation, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee was found to have been convicted of acts constituting the Federal crime of Conspiracy to Defraud.

Michael J. Fitzpatrick, Vestal, NYProfession: Land Surveyor, Professional Engineer; Lic. Nos. 049049, 048503; Cal. Nos. 15682, 15683;Regents Action Date: April 24, 1996Action: Suspension until found fit to practice - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having a conviction for Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.

Alan E. Fidellow, Yorktown Heights, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 052503; Cal. No. 15698Regents Action Date: March 13, 1996Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a Federal conviction of Conspiracy to Commit Bribery.Lawrence A. Pacanowski, Hamburg, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049737; Cal. No. 15862Regents Action Date: March 13, 1996 (see also November 10, 2000 and July 2002)Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making a series of errors in a survey and for a conviction of Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor.Gary Dana Goldberg, Henderson, NVProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050002; Cal. No. 14245Regents Action Date: March 13, 1996Action: Application too surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest to charges of fraudulently obtaining a New York State license by misrepresenting experiences and supervision on his licensure application.

Howard Russell Schlieder, Ithaca, NY Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 043780; Cal. No. 15803 Regents Action Date: February 7, 1996 Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted guilt to charges of failing to properly search county records for a land survey and affixing his name and seal to a map he did not prepare without making a written evaluation of said work.

Charles Anthony Barresi, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 011023; Cal. No. 16722Regents Action Date: December 19, 1997Action: 2 year suspension, last year stayed; 3 years probation, (probation to be served concurrently with the aforesaid suspension) $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of Receiving/Accepting Things of Value For, and Because of, Official Acts Performed and to be Performed.Edwin H. Brunjes, Teaneck, NJProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 010843; Cal. No. 16800Regents Action Date: December 19, 1997Action: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation, $750 fine.Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to disclose a criminal conviction on a bid application.

James Chi-Jen Jao, Discovery Bay, Hong KongProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 019039; Cal. No. 16860Regents Action Date: November 14, 1997Action: Application for consent order granted, 1 year suspension.Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a class E felony, and Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, a class E felony.

Charles Rupert Ackerbauer, Johnstown, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049019; Cal. No. 16490Regents Action Date: November 14, 1997 (see also December 1999 and June 2002)Action: Application for consent order granted, 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admits charge of conducting a survey in which the rear property line was incorrectly drawn thereby creating a boundary solution which deprived adjacent property owners of a portion of their land.

Donald Robert Calabrese, Tafton, PAProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 046555; Cal. No. 16272Regents Action Date: September 19, 1997 (see also June 2002)Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, 100 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of a crime constituting conspiracy to defraud the United States.Arthur J. Koerber, Nesconset, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 047929; Cal. No. 16492Regents Action Date: September 19, 1997Action: Censure and Reprimand, $2,000 fine.Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of placing his seal on reports containing documents not prepared by him and failing to prepare and retain a written evaluation of the professional services represented by those documents, although he did review the report on the waste treatment system prepared by the manufacturer.Sandor Eins, Willowick, OHProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 064394; Cal. No. 16565Regents Action Date: September 19, 1997Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year, 50 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted of Assault in the Third Degree, a class A misdemeanor.

Victor B. Buckstad, Washingtonville, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 044293; Cal. No. 16498Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of affixing his seal to plans that incorrectly indicated the location of test pits and of incorrectly stating the results of deep pits tests.

John Peter Knauth, Amherst, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 011762; Cal. No. 16646Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admits charges of the unauthorized affixing of his signature and seal to a master site plan.

Thomas D. Reilly, Smithtown, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 043595; Cal. No. 14533 Regents Action Date: April 29, 1997 Action: $1,000 fine and 1 year probation. Summary: Licensee was found guilty of signing and sealing documents neither prepared by him nor his employee, failing to sign and seal evaluations, and failing to prepare and retain thorough evaluations for four drawings. Victor Anthony Gordon, Plainfield, New Jersey Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 066685; Cal. No. 16520 Regents Action Date: April 29, 1997 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of the last 11 months of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, a Class D Felony.

Frederick L. Brown, Jr., Niagara Falls, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 066001; Cal. No. 15549 Regents Action Date: March 11, 1997 Action: Application to surrender license granted, $5,000 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Soliciting a Bribe.

Benjamin Frederick Bernard, Eden , NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 010841; Cal. No. 16461 Regents Action Date: February 4, 1997 Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified Misdemeanor and Driving While Intoxicated, a Class E Felony.

William Paul Widulski, Scarsdale, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 038700; Cal. No. 15241 Regents Action Date: February 4, 1997 (see also July 2001) Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine. Summary: Licensee was found guilty of certifying work which was never performed nor reviewed by him. Lawrence Mason Woodworth, Huntington, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 049487; Cal. No. 16462 Regents Action Date: February 4, 1997 Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine. Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to prepare a written evaluation of plans sealed and signed by him and drawn by someone not directly supervised by him.

William K. Morse, Baldwin, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 033701; Cal. No. 17253Regents Action Date: December 10, 1998Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of affixing seal and signature to land surveys not prepared directly under his supervision.

Sol Schwartz, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 031442; Cal. No. 17361Regents Action Date: November 6, 1998Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted charge that he falsely certified that certain electrical defects had been corrected.

Emil Bandriwsky, Ossining, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 018136; Cal. No. 17244Regents Action Date: September 18, 1998Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of the crime of Driving While Intoxicated , a class E felony.

Roger W. Wehr, Eldred, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 058496; Cal. No. 17220Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of violating a Federal law of Mail Fraud, a felony.Darin V. Liska, Plattsburgh, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 046733; Cal. No. 16671Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 2 years.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of performing site and soil evaluations on two separate parcels of land and incorrectly certifying the seasonal high water tables.Roy Asbjorn Fredriksen, Mahopac, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 050505; Cal. No. 17023Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 month suspension, upon service of suspension, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of the crime Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.

Louie Carini, Rochester, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 033828; Cal. No. 13982Regents Action Date: June 9, 1998 (see also July 1995)Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 2 year suspension, probation 4 years, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to recognize that the structure provided by building plans was inappropriate for site, failing to indicate on plans that they should be reviewed, and affixing signature and seal to plans even though wall design was structurally deficient.

Nicholas Joseph Senesey, Scarsdale, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 008389; Cal. No. 17104Regents Action Date: March 10, 1998Action: Application to surrender license granted; $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of conspiracy to bribe agents of the New York City Board of Education and to commit mail fraud.

Charles R. Ackerbauer, Johnstown, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053082; Cal. No. 18015Regents Action Date: December 17, 1999 (see also November 1997 and June 2002)Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 month suspension and after said suspension, probation 1 year.Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of not preparing and retaining thorough written evaluations and fee sharing.
John Chester Pulaski, Jr., Pinehurst, NCProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 046788; Cal. No. 18048Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor and Leaving the Scene of an Incident [involving personal injury] Without Reporting, a Class B misdemeanor.


Peter Hendrickson, Southampton, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 008629; Cal. No. 18031Regents Action Date: September 17, 1999Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of certifying, by affixing his signature and seal to documents not prepared by him, without retaining a written evaluation in conformance with 8 NYCRR Section 29.3 (a) (3) (i).

Slawomir M. Popiel, Hamburg, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 062171; Cal. No. 17602Regents Action Date: March 16, 1999Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of affixing his signature and seal to plans of a residence not prepared by him nor by an employee under his direct supervision and that his written evaluation of the plan was not sufficiently thorough.

Henry Robert Fulton, Douglas Manor, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 042427; Cal. No. 17184Regents Action Date: February 3, 1999Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crimes of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, conspiracy to bribe agents of the New York City Board of Education, bribery of agents of the New York City Board of Education, and mail fraud, all federal felonies.

Roy Henry Hasbrouck, Albany, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 021610; Cal. No. 18758Regents Action Date: December 15, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree.

John A. Grammas, Moriches, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 027638; Cal. No. 18516Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of self-certifying with the New York City Department of Buildings that there would be no change of occupancy when the proposed change in occupancy would be contrary to the previously granted Certificate of Occupancy of a certain building.William N. Wrinkle, Bath, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053503; Cal. No. 18565Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see also October 2001)Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to redirect runoff to a location which would not impact residential development; failing to consider water shed boundaries; failing to consider drainage patterns and failing to do adequate storm sewer design with regard to capacity.Robert Berquist, Voorheesville, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 057266; Cal. No. 18680Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Hwei Sze Chen, Flushing, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 015179; Cal. No. 18540Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of using another architect's plans without preparing a written evaluation.Hwei Sze Chen R.A., P.C., 41-36 College Point Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11355Profession: Architect; Cal. No. 18541Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand.Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of using another architect's plans without preparing a written evaluation.Harley Philip Abrams, Roslyn, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 019897; Cal. No. 18547Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor, and Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.
Harry Steven Wild, Bronx, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 014439; Cal. No. 17990Regents Action Date: June 13, 2000Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 1 year suspension with leave to apply for a stay of the execution of any remaining period of unserved suspension as set forth in the Regents Review Committee report - upon service of 1 year suspension or upon the stay of execution of any unserved period of suspension, respondent be placed on probation for 1 year, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of the charge of willfully failing to register with the New York State Education Department.
Lalit Kumar, Cobleskill, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 059319; Cal. No. 18447Regents Action Date: June 13, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to conduct an inspection and test.Joseph James Pfau, Goshen, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 068945; Cal. No. 18477Regents Action Date: June 13, 2000Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making several structural errors in the plans for a residence.
Demo Christoforatos, Flushing, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 016351; Cal. No. 19512Regents Action Date: December 20, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree.

Nyron Roy Hall, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 071543; Cal. No. 19414Regents Action Date: December 20, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of sharing fees with a non-licensee.Richard James Lighton, Syracuse, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045373; Cal. No. 19064Regents Action Date: December 20, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to perform a full field survey for a client and failing to properly disclose on revised surveys revisions that were made from the initial survey.

Walter Casper, IIIProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 064629; Cal. No. 19586Regents Action Date: November 9, 2001Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Murder in the Second Degree.Chung-Ching Jen, Parsippany, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 062453; Cal. No. 19397Regents Action Date: November 9, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of wrongfully signing and affixing his professional seal to partially blank duplicate construction applications when he knew that said applications would be completed and filed by others.
Stephen Alan Fishkin, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 012243; Cal. No. 19515Regents Action Date: October 5, 2001Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Commercial Bribe Receiving in the First Degree.Charles J. Nafie, Jr., New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 016717; Cal. No. 19320Regents Action Date: October 5, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of committing an act constituting the crime of Forgery and Counterfeiting in Rhode Island and failing to report that conviction on his New York State re-registration.Victor Schwartz, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 014673; Cal. No. 19402Regents Action Date: October 5, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, following service of the one-year period of suspension, probation 1 year, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of willfully filing a false report.
Cynthia Kaye Elliott, Feura Bush, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049608; Cal. No. 19301Regents Action Date: October 5, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of preparing a survey description without performing a survey or any research.James Edward Thomas, St. Johnsville, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045305; Cal. No. 16977Regents Action Date: October 5, 2001 (see also July 1996)Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of negligence on more then one occasion by affixing his signature and seal on an erroneous survey done on May 25, 1995 of a Cherry Valley property, and failing to properly indicate on a revised survey the actual positions of iron rods noted at the property boundaries of the client's property.William N. Wrinkle, Bath, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053503; Cal. No. 19463Regents Action Date: October 5, 2001 (see also September 2000)Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of violating a term of probation imposed by the Board of Regents pursuant to Education Law Section 6511.
Martin Appel, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 013534; Cal. No. 19445Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree.
William Paul Widulski, Scarsdale, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 038700; Cal. No. 19149Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also February 1997)Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of violation of probation imposed by the Board of Regents.
Francis W. Meyer, Manhasset, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 035243; Cal. No. 19195Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of affixing his signature and professional seal to plans for a scaffolding drawn by an unlicensed individual without thoroughly reviewing said plans

John Saracco, Boonton, NJProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 018356; Cal. No. 18941Regents Action Date: February 6, 2001Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of the crime Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree.

Brian Wayne Berry, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 027760; Cal. No. 20178Regents Action Date: December 13, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of grossly negligent failure to comply with a substantial provision of local laws governing the practice of the profession of architecture.Clarence A. Weigold, Jr., Sarasota, FLProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 007226; Cal. No. 20094Regents Action Date: December 13, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $3,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain for at least six (6) years thorough professional evaluations of the professional services represented by documents that were signed and sealed by him, but were not prepared by him or by an employee under his direct supervision.

Henry P. Marek, Bronx, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 068242; Cal. No. 19740Regents Action Date: December 13, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $3,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing on three separate projects to maintain for at least six years all applicable records relating to engineering plans to which he affixed his signature and professional seal.Bruce Zaretsky a/k/a Boris Zaretsky, Brooklyn, NY Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 060982; Cal. No. 20383Regents Action Date: December 13, 2002Action: Application to surrender license granted. Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of making false and misleading statements, regarding his status with the New York City Department of Buildings, in order to perform an unauthorized engineering inspection of the heating and cooling systems of a building

Jin Woo Jang, Roslyn Heights, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 023528; Cal. No. 17988Regents Action Date: October 4, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willful failure to comply with substantial provisions of local laws governing the profession.
Sheldon Lazan, Cranbury, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 042690; Cal. No. 20342Regents Action Date: September 13, 2002Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admits to charge of having been convicted of Attempted Offering of a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree.Frank Rapant, Jr., Schenectady, NYProfession: Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor; Lic. Nos. 032135, 032135; Cal. Nos. 20051, 20052Regents Action Date: September 13, 2002 (see also December 2007)Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine.Summary: On three occasions, licensee did not contest charge of certifying inspection forms for which professional services were not properly performed and failing to maintain documents and records, and certifying a survey map and failing to adequately support the map from fieldwork and failing to maintain documents and records.Zayer Abbas Rizvi, New Hyde Park, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 069846; Cal. No. 20098Regents Action Date: September 13, 2002Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of filing an application and a reconsideration for renovation of premises in Manhattan with the New York City Department of Buildings that did not represent the true condition of the premises at the time of the filing of the aforesaid documents.Neil B. Schmelkin, Great Neck, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 068259; Cal. No. 17881Regents Action Date: September 13, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of routinely permitting others to proofread his reports and sign and affix his seal to said reports.
Juan Carlos Defonseca, Garden City, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 019488; Cal. No. 20120Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to provide information on plans to indicate a one-story home could support a second-story, and indicating the wrong zoning code on plans.Edna Guilor a/k/a Edna Guilor-Segal, Great Neck, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 016139; Cal. No. 19854Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of plans that were not prepared by her or under her direct supervision, and to which she had affixed her signature and seal.Michael L. Kirn, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 015927; Cal. No. 19862Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.Donald Rowe, Staten Island, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 011096; Cal. No. 19972Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of certifying that a dry well was installed in a dwelling under construction when, in fact, it had not been installed.
Juan Manon, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 074171; Cal. No. 19981Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a professional evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or under his direct supervision, but which he had affixed his signature and seal.Lawrence A. Pacanowski, Hamburg, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049737; Cal. No. 19749Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also March 1996 and November 2000)Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to do adequate research in the public lands records, failing to properly locate the surveyed premises, failing to properly place the stakes on the property and failing to properly depict the location of a concrete foundation.
Alfred Edward De Vido a/k/a Alfred De Vido, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 008336; Cal. No. 19400Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last year of suspension stayed, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of two counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree.Gary Jay Metzger, Hollis Hills, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 015442; Cal. No. 19513Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Commercial Bribe Receiving in the First Degree.Metzger/Metzger Architect P.C., 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011Profession: Architecture; Cal. No. 19514Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Revocation, execution of revocation stayed, probation 3 years, $10,000 fine.Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of having been convicted of Commercial Bribe Receiving in the First Degree.
R. Ackerbauer, Johnstown, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053082; Cal. No. 19899Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002 (see also November 1997 and December 1999)Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension with leave to apply, after 6 months, for a stay of execution of any unserved portion of said suspension as set forth in consent order application - upon service or stay of execution of any unserved portion of aforesaid suspension, probation 2 years.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of signing and sealing a plan that did not conform to the New York State Building Code.Donald Robert Calabrese, Tafton, PAProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 046555; Cal. No. 17790Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002 (see also September 1997)Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to practice, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failure to complete 100 hours of public service, a term of his probation pursuant to a prior Regents Order.Harry R. Dickenson, Hempstead, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 032592; Cal. No. 19955Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of, on two occasions, affixing his signature and professional seal to engineering plans that had not been prepared by him or by an employee under his direct supervision and failure to prepare a thorough written evaluation of the engineering services represented by said plans.David Paul Ditch, Henderson Harbor, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 064937; Cal. No. 19466Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Violate the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a Federal class B misdemeanor.Elliot Gans, Monsey, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 056585; Cal. No. 19853Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or under his direct supervision.John Leo Haanen, Queensbury, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 048883; Cal. No. 18997Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 20 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of offering engineering services and advertising as part of a company which was not authorized to offer engineering services.Anthony Hevia, New York, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 043889; Cal. No. 19013Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a professional evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or under his direct supervision, but to which he had affixed his signature and seal.G. Thomas Hutchins, Gansevoort, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 067879; Cal. No. 18998Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 20 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of offering engineering services and advertising as part of a company which was not authorized to offer engineering services.Emanuel J. Katerinis, Flushing, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 063062; Cal. No. 19302Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or under his direct supervision.A. Moussavi a/k/a Seyed Alex Moussavi, South Bellmore, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 063856; Cal. No. 19930Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.Bryce Norton Tuttle, Chittenango, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 044793; Cal. No. 19895Regents Action Date: June 18, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine, 30 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of affixing licensee's seal to documents where professional services had not been performed.

Joseph T. Matthews, East Islip, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 014251; Cal. No. 17603Regents Action Date: April 23, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to respond within thirty days to written correspondence that he received from the New York State Education Department and admitted to charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle

Stephen Hilary Duda, Slingerlands, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 017355; Cal. No. 19736Regents Action Date: March 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain a thorough written evaluation and records.Martin N. Hero, Forest Hills, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 015376; Cal. No. 19511Regents Action Date: March 19, 2002Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree, a class D felony.
Dennis Douglas, P.E., P.C., 45 West Lincoln Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550Profession: Professional Engineering; Cal. No. 19545Regents Action Date: March 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,250 fine.Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of failing to prepare a thorough written evaluation of engineering plans to which Respondent's President, a P.E., affixed his signature and professional seal, but which were neither prepared by Respondent's President nor by an employee under his supervision. Said plans were insufficient in that he failed to discover and note that there was a structural problem with the roof beams in the plans.Dennis Roy Douglas, Bronxville, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 064384; Cal. No. 19544Regents Action Date: March 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,250 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to prepare a thorough written evaluation of engineering plans to which he affixed his signature and professional seal, but which were neither prepared by him nor by an employee under his supervision. Said plans were insufficient in that he failed to discover and note that there was a structural problem with the roof beams in the plans.Geoffrey M. Gursky, Cleveland, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050013; Cal. No. 19822Regents Action Date: March 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain the record of computations and drawings of a land survey.Gray L. McCashin, Maspeth, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 052672; Cal. No. 19566Regents Action Date: March 19, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $750 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Lawrence Berger, Hollis Hills, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 018872; Cal. No. 19565Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, after service of suspension, probation 2 years.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Commercial Bribe Receiving in the First Degree, a class E felony.Keith Edward Larsen, East Northport, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 019604; Cal. No. 19429Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.Summary: Respondent did not contest charge of failing to prepare site visit reports for eleven site visits that he made between July 1999 and October 1999 in connection with a home, and further, between July 1999 and December 1999, respondent signed blank checks presented to him by the contractor without first reviewing bills for materials and for work that had been completed.Sandor Weiss, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 014318; Cal. No. 19641Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing, on three separate occasions, to prepare a thorough written evaluation of architectural plans to which he affixed his signature and professional seal but which were neither prepared by him nor by an employee under his supervision.
Salvatore J. Pisani, Endicott, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049718; Cal. No. 19527Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Simple Possession of Heroin, a misdemeanor.Philip Salerno, Goshen, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 042302; Cal. No. 19260Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.Joseph Edward Tantillo a/k/a Joseph Tantillo, Kew Gardens, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 048109; Cal. No. 19404Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy, a felony.
Steven Biegel, Chevy Chase, MDProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 017995; Cal. No. 21200Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, after service of suspension, probation 2 years.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Mail Fraud, and Aiding and Abetting felonies.Carl Giangrande, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 023019; Cal. No. 19057Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of negligence on more then one occasion and incompetence on more then one occasion by failing to complete the services he contracted to provide in a reasonable period of time or at all for eight customers or locations.

Shea-Kei Mak, Yorktown Heights, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 067335; Cal. No. 20558Regents Action Date: November 14, 2003Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed.Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Offenses Against the United States, a felony.

Frank Arthur Restituto, Commack, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 010717; Cal. No. 19823Regents Action Date: September 12, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $3,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of preparing inadequate plans.

Richard P. Benko, East Greenbush, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053116; Cal. No. 20883Regents Action Date: September 12, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of signing and stamping a Certificate of Construction Compliance without viewing the septic system.
William J. Sheeley, Canisteo, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 033125; Cal. No. 20326Regents Action Date: July 18, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penaltyagreed upon:1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to practice, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to properly locate the surveyed properties and failure to do proper research.

John Anastasi, Bayside, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 010839; Cal. No. 20275Regents Action Date: June 17, 2003Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 36 month suspension, execution of last 24 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Scheme to Defraud in the 1st Degree, a class E felony.

Douglas B. Woessner, Highpoint, NCProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 056810; Cal. No. 20484Regents Action Date: June 17, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to properly supervise inspectors who were conducting controlled inspections under his supervision during the erection of a parking structure in Queens, New York between June 25, 1995 to February 6, 1996.

Robert Townsend Jones, Westhampton, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 025419; Cal. No. 20391Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to prepare and maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of plans signed and sealed by him that were not prepared by him or under his supervision.Robert Charles Marsac, Williston Park, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 024537; Cal. No. 20697Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 6 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine, 100 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree.John Peter Zietkiewicz, Staten Island, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 023627; Cal. No. 20378Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to prepare and maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or under his supervision and to which he affixed his signature and seal.
Robert Alfred Lenahan, New City, NY Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 026031; Cal. No. 20200Regents Action Date: February 11, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Combination in Restraint of Trade and Competition.Harry Alex Meltzer, Great Neck, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 010096; Cal. No. 20451Regents Action Date: February 11, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: $1,500 fine, probation 1 year.Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to prepare and maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of plans signed and sealed by him that were not prepared by him or under his direct supervision.

Charles Edmund Marino, Bronxville, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 046746; Cal. No. 20138Regents Action Date: February 11, 2003Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $10,000 fine, 100 hours of public service.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree.

Daniel Louis Baccari, Lancaster, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 022892; Cal. No. 21731Regents Action Date: December 17, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 11 month stayed suspension, probation 1 year, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree.


Roderick N. Cobane, Schuyler Falls, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049544; Cal. No. 20372Regents Action Date: December 17, 2004Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.Summary: Licensee was found guilty of submitting final maps with an embossed seal to clients that did not depict a legend or closed traverses, and not retaining records of his work for another client for at least six years.Michael Dubem Iwuchukwu a/k/a Michael D. Iwuchukwu, Poughkeepsie, NYProfession: Professional Engineer, Lic. No. 071795; Cal. No. 21834Regents Action Date: December 17, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and, subsequent to said conviction, falsely answering “no” on his re-registration application to the question regarding the existence of any convictions since he had last registered as a professional engineer in the State of New York.William C. Mack, Ocean Beach, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 066354; Cal. No. 21661Regents Action Date: December 17, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or by an employee under his direct supervision, and to which he had affixed his signature and professional seal.

Eric J. Pelletier, Selden, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 022560; Cal. No. 21507Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of delegation of professional responsibilities to an employee, when he knew that said employee was not qualified by licensure to perform them.Eric J. Pelletier Architect, P.C., 248-260 Middle Country Road, Selden, NY 11784Profession: Architecture; Cal. No. 21573Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge of delegating professional responsibilities to an employee, when respondent knew that said employee was not qualified by licensure to perform them.Andrew Lowell Pettit, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 011089; Cal. No. 21506Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing plans and documents with the New York City Department of Buildings that were negligently prepared in that landmark approval was not obtained, a project did not qualify for limited supervisory approval, and a new building application rather than an alteration application was required.

A.D. Engineering Service, P.C., 1369 Richmond Court, East Meadow, NY 11554Profession: Professional Engineering; Cal. No. 21627Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, thorough written professional evaluations of the professional services represented by plans and specifications that were signed and sealed by an individual in his capacity as professional engineer and president of the professional corporation, but which were not prepared by that professional engineer or by an employee under his direct supervision.John Thomas Capelli, Ballston Spa, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 050941; Cal. No. 21011Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 1 year and until terminated as set forth in consent order application – upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of: Reckless Driving, Driving While Intoxicated, Operating a Motor Vehicle While Revoked, and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the 1st Degree and admitted to charge of lying on Registration Applications.Nanda Kumar Chakrabarti, Cherry Hill, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 065819; Cal. No. 21528Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of 2 counts of Bribe Receiving in the 3rd Degree and 2 counts of Criminal Solicitation in the 4th Degree.Alexander Deutsch, East Meadow, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 073204; Cal. No. 21626Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, thorough written professional evaluations of the professional services represented by plans and specifications that were signed and sealed by him, but which were not prepared by him or by an employee under his direct supervision.Gaspare Rosario Santoro, Staten Island, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 045601; Cal. No. 21695Regents Action Date: November 5, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of grossly negligent failure to comply with a substantial provision of local laws governing the practice of the profession of architecture.

Vilas Parab, Scarsdale, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 014767; Cal. No. 21012Regents Action Date: September 10, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of receiving fees from a third party for the performance of professional services.Robert Buckminster Proffitt, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 025433; Cal. No. 21508Regents Action Date: September 10, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of misrepresenting to his client that his plans were approved by the New York City Department of Buildings in order to obtain a portion of his fees for services rendered.

David Anthony Daigler, Clarence Center, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 047792; Cal. No. 21306Regents Action Date: September 10, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of affixing seal to documents where professional services had not been performed.Ann C. Hickey, New York, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 065430; Cal. No. 20786Regents Action Date: September 10, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing work permit applications with the New York City Department of Buildings that she knew had not been properly notarized.Kenneth V. Rocco, Penfield, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 072161; Cal. No. 21275Regents Action Date: September 10, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of three counts of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol, and admitted to charge of falsely answering "no" on his re-registration application to a question about convictions when he knew he had a conviction for the aforesaid crime.Carl E. Thompson, Jr., Athens, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 077214; Cal. No. 21684Regents Action Date: September 10, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty by the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners of professional misconduct.

Dennis Thomas Oliver, Bellport, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 027644; Cal. No. 21414Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of certifying building plans that he did not prepare.James Corrado Piccone, Ossining, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 012526; Cal. No. 20956Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, all preliminary and final plans, documents, and professional evaluations prepared by him or his employees relating to work to which he affixed his seal and signature.

Ross Allen Winglovitz, Middletown, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 071701; Cal. No. 21230Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failure to accurately measure the location of a septic system on premises located in the Town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York and, after notification, failure to promptly prepare plans for remediation of the problems resulting therefrom.Francis A. Lashway, Jr., East Greenbush, NYProfession: Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 064314; Cal. No. 21326Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of not preparing and retaining thorough written evaluations for three plans.Edward J. Conboy, Jr., Evans, NYProfession: Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 052450; Cal. No. 21512Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $750 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of Driving While Intoxicated, a felony.

S. Bernard Dickson, Harwich, MAProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 061583; Cal. No. 21502Regents Action Date: June 22, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty by the Massachusetts Board of Professional Engineers and Board of Professional Land Surveyors of signing and sealing plans prepared by another without preparing his own evaluations and written report.

Alvah Breitweiser, Fort Meyers, FLProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 016609; Cal. No. 21542Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of committing an act constituting the crime of Bank Fraud, a felony, under Federal Law.Michael Fitzpatrick, Columbus, OHProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 018821; Cal. No. 21375Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $750 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in the State of Ohio (signing and sealing plans prepared by another without preparing his own evaluation and written report).

Nicholas Joseph Casselano, Rego Park, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 056964; Cal. No. 21483Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing on three separate occasions to prepare and maintain, for at least six years, written evaluations of plans and specifications that were signed and sealed by him, but not prepared by him or an employee, under his direct supervision.

S.P. Papadatos Associates, P.C. a/k/a Steven P. Papadatos Associates, P.C. a/k/a Papadatos Associates, P.C., 305 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017Profession: Architecture; Cal. No. 20771Regents Action Date: March 23, 2004Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation for last 23 months.Summary: Respondent was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Bribery in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony.William Soehl, Shirley, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 012393; Cal. No. 21188Regents Action Date: March 23, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of signing and sealing plans prepared by another individual without preparing his own evaluation and written report.

Douglas Calvin Lane, Keyport, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 073324; Cal. No. 21211Regents Action Date: March 23, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Facilitation in the 4th Degree.

Mitchell Attick, New York, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 011690; Cal. No. 21104Regents Action Date: February 23, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of filing a false report.Timothy Costello, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 022952; Cal. No. 21197Regents Action Date: February 23, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of filing plans with the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), reflecting the enlargement of an existing metal deck for a residence. After the filing of said plans, the metal deck was replaced with a wooden deck. Without checking the current state of the deck, he then filed an inaccurate certification (form TR -1) with DOB that the work on said deck was done in accordance with the aforesaid plans.Linus Chukwunenye Korieocha, Springfield, NJProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 027266; Cal. No. 21137Regents Action Date: February 23, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of affixing his signature and professional seal to architectural plans which were neither prepared by him nor by an employee under his supervision and for which he had not prepared a thorough evaluation of the professional services represented by said plans.James Joseph Leonard, Belle Harbor, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 023931; Cal. No. 20443Regents Action Date: February 23, 2004Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation through March 20, 2007.Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filling in the First Degree, a class E felony.

Chi-Shing Aaron Cheung, Plainview, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 065635; Cal. No. 21155Regents Action Date: February 23, 2004Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of affixing his signature and professional seal to four different sets of engineering plans which were neither prepared by him nor by an employee under his supervision, and for which he had not prepared thorough written evaluations of the professional services represented by said plans.Wei Jwo Lin, Flushing, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 050298; Cal. No. 21160Regents Action Date: February 23, 2004 (see also July 2008) Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of affixing his signature and professional seal to engineering plans which were neither prepared by him nor by an employee under his supervision and for which he had not prepared a thorough written evaluation of the professional services represented by said plans.

Paul H. Billings, Syracuse, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 019453; Cal. No. 21689Regents Action Date: December 9, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of splitting a fee for professional services with a non-professional.Ronaldo Jorge Papaleo, Middletown, NJProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 020566; Cal. No. 21990Regents Action Date: December 9, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $6,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of failing to register for the period of September 1996 through April 2004; falsely stating on his April 2004 registration application that he had not practiced the profession of architecture since his registration expired; and failing to prepare a thorough and complete evaluation for house plans prepared by a person who was not an employee under his direct supervision, which plans he signed and sealed with his professional seal.

Thomas Gifford Swift, Friendship, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 079510; Cal. No. 22372Regents Action Date: December 9, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of submitting an inaccurate change order and revisions.

Robert N. Deronde, Poughkeepsie, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 013251; Cal. No. 21993Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain for six years the required written evaluation of the work for professional services represented by plans signed and sealed by him, but not prepared by him or by an employee under his direct supervision.Peter C. Kurth a/k/a Peter Kurth a/k/a Peter Christian Kurth, Mount Kisco, NYProfession:Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $10,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Grand Larceny in the 2nd Degree.

Mark L. Welles, Hinsdale, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049632; Cal. No. 22238Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of failing to properly supervise an employee in the preparation of a survey map and the setting of proper boundary lines, and of failing to perform adequate fieldwork and to locate proper boundary lines.

Michael Walter Finkbeiner, Greenwich, CTProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050352; Cal. No. 21332Regents Action Date: September 9, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $3,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of knowingly being associated in a professional capacity with a practice that was dishonest in that he was a partner in a limited liability partnership formed for the practice of engineering and land surveying with another individual who he knew had obtained his license to practice land surveying based upon false statements made on such other individual’s license application.

Russell Thomas Brown, Sayreville, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 064140; Cal. No. 22271Regents Action Date: July 22, 2005Action: Application to surrender license granted.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of committing conduct constituting a crime under the law of another jurisdiction, which, if committed within this state, would constitute a crime under New York State law.Raynold Horace Forbes, Brooklyn, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 073559; Cal. No. 21738Regents Action Date: July 22, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the charge that he failed to maintain for at least six years a thorough written evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or under his direct supervision but to which he had affixed his signature and seal.

Anthony Cucich, Flushing, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 013469; Cal. No. 21982Regents Action Date: June 21, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Partial actual suspension in certain area until successful completion of coursework in that certain area, 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of willfully filing a false report with the New York City Department of Buildings regarding a Local Law 11 inspection.JFT Architect International, P.C., 1156 Namdac Avenue, Bay Shore, NY 11706Profession: Architecture; Cal. No. 21793Regents Action Date: June 21, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Respondent did not contest charges of failing to provide details concerning the fastening of the flitch plate girder and failing to designate the size of supports for the flitch plate girder and its supporting members on a set of architectural plans signed and sealed by respondent’s president.Jose Francisco Taveras, Bay Shore, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 021742; Cal. No. 21741Regents Action Date: June 21, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to provide details concerning the fastening of the flitch plate girder and failing to designate the size of supports for the flitch plate girder and its supporting members on a set of architectural plans signed and sealed by him.

Patrick Thomas O’Connell, New York, NYProfession: Professional Engineer, Lic. No. 055159; Cal. No. 21987Regents Action Date: June 21, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to recognize that a building inspected by him required a repair and maintenance program in order to render the building safe.

Roland Scott Draper, Hasbrouck Heights, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 059264; Cal. No. 21989Regents Action Date: May 17, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of being convicted of Combination in Restraint of Trade and Competition, a class E felony.Ronald Staub, Webster, NYProfession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 044621; Cal. No. 21355Regents Action Date: May 17, 2005 (see also July 2007) Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of negligently naming a re-dated five-year-old survey map as an “Instrument Survey Map” and failing to take and/or maintain adequate field notes.

August S. Jubulis, Tonawanda, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 013766; Cal. No. 21855Regents Action Date: March 15, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of wilfully failing to register to practice as a licensed architect.Joseph R. Vislay, Cocoa Beach, FLProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 022849; Cal. No. 22080Regents Action Date: March 15, 2005Action: Application to surrender license granted.

Louis James Santora, Deer Park, NYProfession: Architect; Lic. No. 024604; Cal. No. 21739Regents Action Date: January 11, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, probation 1 year, $500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of the professional services represented by architectural plans and specifications that were signed and sealed by him, but which were not prepared by him or by an employee under his direct supervision.

Meir E. Lieblich, Marlboro, NJProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 051147; Cal. No. 21547Regents Action Date: January 11, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of affixing his professional seal to an incomplete TR-1 (statement of professional responsibility). He then gave the TR-1 to a third person who entered information about controlled inspections and the respondent’s initials indicating that respondent assumed responsibility, and such third person filed it with the New York City Department of Buildings.Raymond Edward Sickles, Greenwich, NYProfession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 071072; Cal. No. 21740Regents Action Date: January 11, 2005Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written evaluation of the professional services represented by plans and specifications that were signed and sealed by him, but which were not prepared by him or an employee under his direct supervision.