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Residential Pool and Pool House Construction Project with Fake Permit

Sector: Commercial • Location: Great River, New York, USA

Source: Patch

Project
Indicted

A contractor, Robert Cortese, and his company, Tool Time Construction, Inc., entered into a contract with a homeowner in Great River to build a pool and pool house. The contractor falsely claimed to have obtained the necessary building permits from the Town of Islip but provided a forged permit instead. The contractor did not have a valid home improvement contractor license at the time.

Status
Prospective
Sector
Commercial, Residential
Location
Great River, New York, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Patch

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The project “Residential Pool and Pool House Construction Project with Fake Permit” is an infrastructure initiative in the Commercial sector, located in Great River, New York, USA. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Patch.

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2026-07-22

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A contractor, Robert Cortese, and his company, Tool Time Construction, Inc., entered into a contract with a homeowner in Great River to build a pool and pool house. The contractor falsely claimed to have obtained the necessary building permits from the Town of Islip but provided a forged permit instead. The contractor did not have a valid home improvement contractor license at the time.

Original sector

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Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

New York

City

Great River

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Sector

Commercial, Residential

Article published date

2026-04-03

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