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GCP fire chief threatened to kill ex: papers
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Matthew Flood faces 4 charges tied to 2 alleged incidents with woman BY N O A H M A N S K A R A Garden City Park ďŹ re chief was arrested last Wednesday night after he threatened to kill his exgirlfriend, according to court documents. Using an obscenity, First Assistant Chief Matthew Flood said “I am going to ... kill you and murder youâ€? to the woman, Angela Alday, around 8:31 p.m. at the Mineola house they bought together, according to a criminal complaint ďŹ led Thursday. Flood also faces three charges stemming from an April 30 incident in which he yelled at Alday and her teenage daughter, broke Alday’s cellphone and punched her television, according to separate criminal complaints. A video of that incident provided to Blank Slate Media by Alday shows Flood yelling at her and slapping her cellphone out of her hand. A person who Alday said is
her daughter can be heard screaming and crying in the background. No one was hurt in that incident, a Nassau County Police Department spokeswoman said. Flood pleaded not guilty Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead to a second-degree harassment charge in the latest incident, along with two counts of third-degree criminal mischief and one count of endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the April 30 incident. Judge Norman St. George released Flood, 38, without bail and issued a do-not-harass order forbidding him from threatening Alday or her daughter. He had a court appearance Monday and is due to return Sept. 14. Family Court Judge Conrad Singer also issued an order of protection Thursday afternoon. Flood’s attorney, Michael Franzese, said the ďŹ re chief denies the Continued on Page 58
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The Greater New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce summer barbecue featured music provided by chamber member Pat Farrell of PFM Productions (in background). See more photos on page 22.
Village eyes makeover near railroad station land Rail Road station. The forthcoming grant came from village oďŹƒcials’ talks The Village of New Hyde with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Park wants to use a $5 million representatives over the LIRR’s state grant to transform an in- planned third track project, dustrial area near its Long Is- Mayor Lawrence Montreuil
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said. Many speciďŹ cs have yet to be hammered out, including when the village will get the money, Montreuil said. But ofďŹ cials want to make Second AvContinued on Page 58
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