Town Hosts Street Renaming To Honor Late Chief Of Amityville FD

AMITYVILLE, NY — The Amityville community recently honored the memory of a local fire chief who died after responding to a fire last year. Daryl Rollins, who was just completing his first year as head chief of the North Amityville Fire Company, passed away after suffering from a medical episode last November. He was 42.

In memory of the late chief, Town of Babylon Supervisor Rich Schaffer and the Babylon Town Board renamed a section of Croydon Street between Albany Avenue and Great Neck Road in Amityville.

The town also held a ceremony to officially dedicate "Chief Daryll T. Rollins Way," where Schaffer was joined by Deputy Supervisor Tony Martinez, fellow local officials, community leaders, members of the North Amityville Fire Company and Rollins’ friends and family.

An invocation was delivered by Bishop Walter Willie and Pastor Keith Hayward provided the benediction. Two students from Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School, Sean Moore and Sydney Forbes, led the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem respectively.

Congressman Peter King, New York State Senator John Brooks, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Suffolk County Legislator Kevin McCaffrey and Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly were also in attendance at the event.