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Steve Niziol, one-time US&J Advisory Board member, civic volunteer and political aide died suddenly Wednesday.

Niziol made news in recent years for working as a code enforcement officer within the Tucker administration. He was the guy citing local homeowners for code violations and such.

He was a writer to the Mailbag and an all-around good guy.

Here’s what we have so far:
Civic volunteer and part-time city employee Stephen Niziol died unexpectedly Wednesday.
Niziol was driving on Transit Road at lunchtime and was stopped at Strauss Road when he became ill. A passenger put the vehicle in park and called 911. Rescue crews were unable to revive him, according to his friend John Lombardi III.
“We had breakfast together every day. He never complained about his health, never complained about anything,” Lombardi said. “He was a good guy.”
A widower, Niziol was retired from UPS and worked part-time as a security officer for various businesses. He also had served on City Hall’s Citizen Advisory Board and was Mayor Michael Tucker’s part-time community services aide, a person who traveled the city encouraging compliance with local sidewalk-to-curb local laws such as sidewalk shoveling and proper trash disposal.
The job was considered instrumental to the mayor’s push to clean up the city and Niziol put his heart into it.
“He got paid for 20 hours a week but we all know he worked more than that,” Lombardi said. “The guy was always there to help people. He’ll really be missed.”

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