No other newspaper besides the Great Neck News has ever asked for specific details of agenda items in advance of a Great Neck Village Board of Trustees meeting, according to Great Neck Village Mayor Ralph Kreitzman.
Pressed by the Great Neck News at a public comment section of a regular meeting Tuesday, the board offered little to anyone seeking advance information other than an agenda – which is usually void of specifics.
“How can I get more specific detail on some of this stuff?” asked the Great Neck News.
“I don’t know,” said Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman. “No other paper has ever asked for anything like that and sometimes the detail just evolves ‘till the meeting, I don’t know.”
Legal notices are published in the Great Neck Record prior to meetings stating that specific documents are available at the village hall regarding upcoming agenda items,” according to Great Neck Village attorney Stephen Limmer.
But according to Kreitzman, sometimes things “will come up” that are not submitted to the village for meetings in advance.
It remains unclear how the village properly notifies the public and the media regarding last-minute additions to meeting agendas which are not posted in advance legal notices.
According to Kreitzman, the Great Neck Record “rarely comes” to village board meetings and has never asked for specific details of agenda items before a meeting takes place.
Mayor Kreitzman is married to Great Neck Record editor Wendy Kreitzman.
Seeking more details of village agenda items in advance for the purpose of meeting preparation and more detailed meeting questions, the Great Neck News was told that agendas are usually available about five days prior to meetings.
