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County vigil for Florida gun victims Now is ‘time for action,’ Curran says, calling for ban on AR-15 assault rifles BY LU K E TORRANCE During a solemn ceremony on Tuesday evening, local officials and religious leaders assembled on the steps of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola to offer their thoughts and prayers for the 17 high school students killed in a school shooting in Florida last week. But County Executive Laura Curran said politicians would have to do more than just keep the victims in their thoughts. “Now it is indeed the time for action,” she said. “So that this school shooting won’t# fade into the ethers of the past, only to be remembered when the next one happens.” Curran called for tougher background checks and a ban on AR-15 assault rifles. She also encouraged residents to go to law enforcement if they notice suspicious or concerning behavior. “If you see something, say something,” she said.
And some residents already had. When acting Nassau County Police#Commissioner Patrick Ryder stepped up to the podium, he said his department responded to several threats made on the day of the shooting in Parkland, Florida. “Within four hours of that event, we received three threats against our schools here in Nassau County,” he said. “Thank God all three of those incidents were closed and finished that evening, but we want the people of Nassau County to know that we are out there, we are on top of it, we’ve got our finger on the pulse of these types of events.” In addition to Legislators Ellen Birnbaum and Rose Marie Walker, religious leaders from the Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim faiths all spoke and offered prayers. A group of children stood on the Legislative Building’s front steps, holding signs that called for change. Charlotte Kerpen, a# freshContinued on Page 59
PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE
Children hold signs calling for gun control during a vigil held Tuesday at the Legislative Building in Mineola remembering the victims of the Parkland shooting.
Troiano’s tax liens not in ’14 town disclosure BY LU K E TORRANCE
rector of operations for the Town town in 2014, the form shows. of North Hempstead, failed to The document was obtained disclose tax liens in a financial by Blank Slate Media through a Robert Troiano, former di- disclosure form he filed with the request under the state Freedom of Information Law. The document was filed when Troiano sought to return to the town to serve as director of operations. He had left the town in 2010 to join the Nassau County
Legislature, and in those four years he racked up $81,533 in federal income tax liens, according to Newsday. He also had a $749,264 lien on a house he owned facing foreclosure, Newsday reported. But none of his liens were included in the financial disclosure under debts. The form asked an applicant to “describe all debts
of you, your spouse, or your dependent children in excess of $5,000.” Troiano listed seven debtors, two of which were his spouse’s. Troiano’s debtors were Bank of America, Citibank, Ocwen Financial Services and Mohawk. He listed “North Carolina” as a creditor for both himself and Continued on Page 59
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