NOTES AND ASIDES Richie Kessel is continuing to use NYPA as an employment agency for Long Island political hacks. The latest hire:  Bert Cunningham who will be making an outrageous $174,500 annually to serve as Richie’s P.R. flack, a mere $500 less than the governor’s communications director.  Cunningham, another LIPA retread, spent 9 years aggrandizing [...]