 McNamara took over the reconstruction of the shopping center in the late 1980s as part of an effort to revitalize it, dismantling of the service road in the process.His project failed, but eventually it was discovered that he was bribing various government officials in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, village of Port Jefferson, and even NYSDOT.However, this revelation had no impact on either facilitating improvements to the highway or curbing development.