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Published: 10:16 AM - 12/25/13 Last updated: 10:24 AM - 12/25/13

The widow of one of the two men killed when a retaining wall on a construction site in Maybrook collapsed Dec. 2 has filed a $40 million notice of claim against New York City and the citys Department of Environmental Protection.

The claim was filed on behalf of Doreen Winkler, whose husband, Scott Winkler, 50, died eight days after the collapse. A claim, which must be filed within 90 days, preserves the right to file a lawsuit later.

Winkler, of Monroe, was an employee of Precision Concrete Pumping of Albany. He was part of a crew working on a mockup of an aqueduct project for the DEP when a concrete retaining wall collapsed.

The accident happened on property off Homestead Avenue owned by one of the general contractors, Halmar International Inc.

One worker, Timothy Lang, 53, of Saugerties, also employed by Precision, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was trapped under the collapsed wall for a considerable amount of time.

Winkler and another injured worker, Rafael Zakota, 37, of the Glendale section of Queens, were rescued relatively quickly and taken to hospitals. Winkler was flown to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, while Zakota was taken to Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill.

In addition to his wife, Winkler is survived by five children.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident to determine whether any workplace safety standards were violated.

The mockup, or replica, was being built to practice techniques for work on a planned interconnection of the DEPs Catskill and Delaware aqueducts in Gardiner.

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Industrialist and Chairman and Managing Director of PVP Ventures Potluri Vara Prasad is all set to formally join the YSR Congress Party on January 26.

According to party insiders, he is likely to be the party candidate for Vijayawada Lok Sabha seat. Mr. Prasad, who hails from the Kamma community, could get good support in Krishna District the party believes and party president Y.S Jaganmohan Reddy is also believed to be in favour of giving ticket to a person from this dominant community in the region. Vijayawada Parliamentary constituency comprises Tiruvuru, Nandigama, Mylavaram, Jaggayyapeta, Vijayawada (West), Vijayawada (Central) and Vijayawada (East) Assembly segments and of them Tirivuru and Nandigama are reserved for Scheduled Castes. According to a prominent party leader here, though the Jagan factor will play a huge role in the 2014 elections, the caste equations will also be a major factor, the party leaders believe. Mr. Prasad will face stiff opposition from the TDP candidate, Kesineni Srinivas (Nani), who also hails from the same community. If the Congress continues to bank on the sitting MP Lagadapati Rajgopal, it will be a battle between the three from the same community.

It is believed that voters from the two reserved segments and those from the BC communities would be the deciding factor. In Machilipatanam Parliamentary constituency, the sudden death of Kukkala Nageswara Rao, who was the likely MP candidate, has put the YSR Congress in a spot. The party is scouting for a new candidate and two names making the rounds are: Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) and the late Nageswara Raos eldest son Venkata Vidyasagar. Penamaluru, Gannavaram, Pedana, Gudivada, Machilipatnam, Avanigadda and Pamarru Assembly constituencies form the Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency. These areas are Kapu and Yadava base. While Mr.Nani is from the Kapu community, Vidyasagar is a Yadava.

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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Thieves driving around looking for packages on porches this time of year are getting even more efficient. Now thieves are following delivery trucks and waiting for them to make their drop-off. An Albuquerque family thinks it happened to them and they have video of the crook. Just in time for Christmas, UPS delivered a package to the Palmisano family's Albuquerque home near Carlisle and Lomas Monday. Two minutes later, a woman swipes the package off the front porch, in broad daylight.

"Its unfortunate. People surprise you in unfortunate ways" Kim Palmisano said.

Kim Palmisano says the package had gifts for her husband, Steve, and her father, wireless Bluetooth speakers. She and her husband were home when the package was delivered, but they did not hear a thing. They suspect the thief was following the UPS driver, waiting for him to make his deliveries..

"It was two minutes after the ups guy dropped it off and it's kind of hidden there behind the bush so you'd have to... I mean, she knew exactly where it was" Steve said.

UPS says its drivers and peak-hire helpers are trained to watch out for suspicious activity and pay attention to people following closely.

"Our drivers know to look for that kind of thing. Our helpers know to look for that kind of thing, so if there is somebody following, we'll make sure to get the authorities involved and we'll take care of that" James Coffield, feeder manager for New Mexico said. UPS says customers can take extra precautions to protect themselves against thieves, by diverting packages to a neighbor or business that can take it in person or by requiring a signature instead of a simple drop-off. The Palmisanos say they hope their Grinch is caught, but they're not going to let it ruin their Christmas. KRQE News 13 called Albuquerque police to get numbers on how often people report stolen packages, but they said they do not track that specific type of theft.

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