Appointments by Suffolk judges prove lucrative for Gary Melius and associates

Suffolk County's commercial judges have picked individuals to oversee distressed properties and businesses in cases that generated $1.4 million in fees since 2008, and nobody benefited more than political power broker Gary Melius and a network of associates, a Newsday investigation found. Court records show the group claimed 55 percent, or roughly $762,000, of all the fees set aside in the... Suffolk County's commercial judges have picked individuals to oversee distressed properties and businesses in cases that generated $1.4 million in fees since 2008, and nobody benefited more than political power broker Gary Melius and a network of associates, a Newsday investigation found.

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