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Friday, June 30, 2023
Vol. 9, No. 26
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Major crimes down 1% First 5 months contrast with ‘22 BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y Major crimes in Nassau County as of May 29 have dropped by 1.07% compared to the same period last year, according to statistics provided by the Police Department. The Nassau Police Department said on its website that 2,776 major crimes occurred from Jan. 1-May 29 this year, a 1.07% decrease. The website does not show a comparison between 2021 and 2022 when yearend crime statistics showed a 41% increase in major crimes. The list of major crimes includes murder, rape, criminal sexual acts, sexual abuse, grand larceny, commercial robberies, other robberies, assault felonies, residential burglaries, other burglaries and stolen vehicles. A total of 8,443 “other crimes” were reported by the department through the same time period, a 13.65% increase from last year. Nassau has reported five murders, two sexual abuse incidents, one criminal sexual act and three rapes so far this year. By comparison, a total of two murders, six sexual abuse incidents, two criminal sexual acts and four rapes were reported last year during the same time period, according to the statistics. Stolen vehicles were reported 281 times so far this year, a 40.84% Continued on Page 42
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Paul D. Schreiber graduating seniors throw their caps in the air at the conclusion of their graduation ceremony. See story on page 4.
Manorhaven to recanvass votes An attempt to resolve tie between 2 incumbent trustees in June 20 election BY C A M E RY N O A K ES The Village of Manorhaven has asked the Nassau County Board of Elections to recanvass votes cast in their June 20 election in a bid to resolve a tie between the two incumbent trustees vying for the one seat available on the village’s Board of Trustees.
On Tuesday, the village held an election in which three candidates ran for two trustee seats. New challenger Jeffrey Stone won with 388 votes. Incumbent Trustees Vincent Costa and Khristine Shahipour garnered 207 votes each. Before the village counted absentee ballots to resolve the tie, Shahipour conceded the race. This ap-
peared to hand Costa the election. But on Wednesday, Mayor John Popeleski said village officials met with their attorneys who determined that, by law, Shahipour could not concede in the election. He said this was because votes had already been cast and voting had concluded. Because of this, Shahipour was still in the race and the village fin-
ished counting absentee ballots to resolve the tie. But Popeleski said the absentee ballots perpetuated the tie. Stone received an additional 10 votes, bringing his total to 398, and Costa and Shahipour received about an additional 80 votes bringing their totals to 287. Continued on Page 43
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