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Dean Skelos Sports Complex removes references to disgraced politician’s name

  • The former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted...

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    The former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.

  • This photo taken Wednesday, May 6, 2015, shows the entrance...

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    This photo taken Wednesday, May 6, 2015, shows the entrance to the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y.

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It’s probably the least of his worries, but a Long Island sports complex named after disgraced former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has quietly removed the signs bearing his name.

Though the park is still named after Skelos, who last week was sentenced to five years in prison on federal corruption charges, the village of Rockville Centre removed any signs referencing the Dean Skelos Sports Complex.

And now James Coll, who works on the NYPD’s tactics and rescue team, is pushing the village to rename the park after Lt. Ronald Winchester, a hometown Marine killed in Iraq.

This photo taken Wednesday, May 6, 2015, shows the entrance to the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y.
This photo taken Wednesday, May 6, 2015, shows the entrance to the Dean G. Skelos Sports Complex in Rockville Centre, N.Y.

“This is someone who would typify who a park should be named after,” Coll said of Winchester.