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Not-for-profit registers name associated with anti-eruv advertisement

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Jessica DiNapoli   Jun 17, 2008 4:04 PM
One day after a group that opposes the creation of a symbolic religious boundary in Westhampton Beach took out a political ad in The Press discouraging voters from supporting two challengers in Friday’s village election because of their position on the issue, a corporation registered the name of the organization with the New York State Department of State.

However, the newly registered not-for-profit—called the Westhampton Beach Alliance for the Separation of Church and State—was not the same group that took out the ad, which ran in the June 12 Western Edition of The Press. In fact, the lawyer representing the new not-for-profit sent a e-mail to The Press this week stating that “no further ads should be published without our client’s express written permission.”

Richard J. Brum of Tenzer and Lunin LLP... more

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