Kessel's fate as chairman is up to Spitzer.

Publication: Newsday (Melville, NY)

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COPYRIGHT 2006 Newsday

Byline: Rick Brand

Nov. 29--When Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer appeared at a $1,000-a-head fundraiser at the Glen Oaks Country Club last month, he not only thanked his fundraisers who brought in $300,000, but, according to a witness, also singled out an official he jokingly praised "for keeping the lights on" across Long Island. That official, Richard Kessel, 56, whose tenure has survived...

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