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Officials tour jail, inspect cells used by ICE announced that officers would collaborate with the federal agency in a “targeted” crackState Democrats visited the down on undocumented immiNassau County Correctional grants with criminal backCenter, in East Meadow, last g rounds. T he par tnership Friday to inspect the conditions included allocating 50 local jail of cells being occupied by those cells for the federal agency to hold immigrants. a r re s t e d by U. S . Salazar and Immig ration and Solages visited the Customs Enforcejail last July, and ment agents. Salazar’s office told State Senators the Herald that Julia Salazar and “none of the people Siela Bynoe, AssemNassau police has blywoman Michaelle handed over to ICE Solages, Assemblyare violent crimiman Noah Burnals.” And last roughs and Suffolk year’s visit was a County Legislator contentious one — Sam Gonzalez were the state officials among the officials were initially denied who toured the jail. entry into the jail, According to a and later permitted release from Salato enter. A state law zar’s office shared allows elected offiwith the Herald, ICE cials to visit local detained 3,200 people JUliA SAlAzAR correctional faciliin the correctional State senator ties “at pleasure” facility between Feband without prior ruary 2025 and authorization. March 2026. The majority of Salazar, who re presents detainees had no major crimiparts of Brooklyn, is chair of nal convictions or charges. Nassau County has actively the state commission on crime cooperated with ICE since last victims, crime and correction. February, when County Execu- Solages, who represents her tive Bruce Blakeman Continued on page 16
By JoRDAN VAlloNE
jvallone@liherald.com
Courtesy Linda Walsh
the east Meadow Chamber of Commerce celebrated pietro’s 50th anniversary earlier this year.
Pietro’s celebrates 50 years Local family restaurant reflects on decades of success By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo jdalessandro@liherald.com
Lauren Maslov, owner of Pietro’s in East Meadow, celebrated the family restaurant’s 50th anniversary this year. “We’re very excited,” she said. “Sometimes I can’t even wrap my head around the whole thing, but here we are, 50 years later.” It was 50 years ago, Maslov’s grandfather, Peter Ippolitio, opened the restaurant on March 1 in 1976. It was his first restaurant pizzeria that he did on his own. He opened previous eateries with his brother-in-law. “He created the concept of the sesame seed crust pizza, and no one had done this before, and even to this day, not a lot of places even still do it,” Maslov said. “That was kind of his gimmick of sorts that he wanted to use to try and drum up some business.” At first, the new type of pizza did not catch much traction. Ippolito dropped the price to completely free, which got the com-
munity hooked. “That’s what we’re really known for,” Maslov said. Pietro’s specialties go beyond pizza. “We were also kind of this pasta house red sauce joint — the old school red and white tablecloth,” Maslov said. “As you come and you get chicken parm or a baked ziti or lasagna, and you sit there with your red and white tablecloth table in a booth, and people have continued to come back to that old school feeling for all these generations.” Maslov’s grandfather died after 10 years of stewardship. Maslov’s father, John Arigo, a CPA by trade, took control in 1986. “He was helping my grandmother out with the books, and then he started to fall in love with the with the business,” Maslov explained. “It was completely different than anything he had done career wise, so he ran it for a little while with my grandmother, and said, ‘you know what, I’m going to purContinued on page 5
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