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Martins says he would reopen 6th Precinct

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Says ‘We have an obligation to protect the quality of life we enjoy in communities’ BY N O A H M A N S K A R Jack Martins, the Republican Nassau County executive candidate, said he would undo the controversial merger of the North Shore’s two police precincts if elected, joining Democrats in support of the move. Martins, a former state senator from Old Westbury, last Friday called for the Police Department to fully reopen the 6th Precinct in Manhasset, which the county folded into Williston Park’s 3rd Precinct in 2012. The move would give the northern part of the current 3rd Precinct more locally sensitive and responsive police service following a merger that has not produced the promised benďŹ ts, Martins said in a statement. “We have an obligation to protect the quality-of-life we enjoy in communities across Nassau County,â€? Martins said in the statement. “Given the results of this consoli-

dation plan, I believe there are compelling reasons to reopen the Sixth Precinct and return this local police presence to Manhasset and the surrounding area.â€? The 3rd Precinct merger was one of four proposed in 2012 in an eort to save a total of $20 million. Only two of them were completed; the other two were abandoned. The merged 3rd Precinct covers an area stretching from the Village of Manorhaven south to Hempstead Turnpike, and from the Queens border east to Glen Cove Road. The former 6th Precinct building on Community Drive in Manhasset has remained open as a “community policing centerâ€? where residents can report crimes, and as the headquarters of the Police Department’s Highway Patrol Unit. Community leaders and local oďŹƒcials have called for the return of a fully staed 6th Precinct since

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The top-seeded Manhasset Indians defeated the ninth-seed Calhoun Colts 16-3 in the Nassau Class B boys lacrosse quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon. See story on page 94.

Tech firm, village spar over signs at new HQ

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BY N O A H MANSKAR Dealertrack Technologies’ new world headquarters is nearly ready to open in the Village of North Hills, but the company had

to make concessions Wednesday on one last thing: signs. The village Board of Trustees approved ďŹ ve of the six signs the software company asked to erect before it cuts the ribbon on the $100 million oďŹƒce building next

month. Trustees had no problem with four signs on the ground at the property, located at 3400 New Hyde Park Road near the Long Island Expressway’s South Continued on Page 71

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