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Port’s Mullins sentenced to 2 years in prison
PLANT A ROW HARVESTS
Former head of Sergeants Benevolent Association stole $600K from org BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y
demonstrates, no one — not even highranking union bosses — is above the Edward Mullins, the former head law.” Mullins said Thursday he is “a shell of the NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association and a Port Washington of the man he used to be” and must surresident, was sentenced to two years in render to the Federal Bureau of Prison prison Thursday for stealing $600,000 by Nov. 10, The New York Times reported. from the organization. “Life has completely Mullins, who was crashed around me, and first elected in 2002, given me much time to was charged with think,” The New York wire fraud in FebruTimes reported. ary 2022 and pleaded Around Septemguilty earlier this year, ber 2017, officials said, admitting his involveMullins defrauded ment in a scheme to the association by uscollect hundreds of ing his personal credit thousands of dollars card to pay for various from the association luxury items and meals by submitting falsified at high-end restaurants expense reports. before submitting the U.S. Attorney DaPHOTO COURTESY OF THE inflated expense reports mian Williams said SBA for reimbursement. Mullins stole from the In one instance, pockets of the NYPD officials said, Mullins sergeants he vowed to Ed Mullins, of Port Washsubmitted an expense protect and represent. ington. pictured in 2017. report to the associa“Behind the scenes, Mullins stole from the SBA tion’s treasurer for a $3,000 meal at a and its members, treating the SBA as Manhattan restaurant, when the meal his personal piggy bank,” Williams said had no relevance to police work. Mulin a statement. “In doing so, Mullins lins also rarely included receipts when disgraced his uniform, broke the law, seeking reimbursements, according to and undermined the public’s trust in officials. law enforcement. As today’s sentence Continued on Page 35
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Plant A Row harvests produce at their garden at the Adult Activity Center in Manorhaven, adding to more than 60,000 pounds of produce delivered this year.
County delays Elderfields landmark: F. Hill mayor BY C A M E RY N O A K ES The Village of Flower Hill Board of Trustees continued its public hearing Monday evening to designate Elderfields Preserve as a village landmark while expressing frustration with repeated roadblocks from Nassau County. The Elderfields Preserve, located in Flower Hill, is a four-acre parkland with a main house that includes the original 17th-century home on the property, one of the oldest struc-
tures on Long Island, according to the county parks department. The county acquired the property in 1996 from Henry de V. Williams. The Art Guild of Port Washington currently occupies a space in the building for art studios, classes and shows. Flower Hill Mayor Randall Rosenbaum said the village is seeking to designate it as a landmark because the village wants to preserve the historical sites throughout the village.
Nassau County attorney Kevin Walsh told the board Monday that the bureau chief has to approve the language presented in the covenant for the village’s landmark proposal. The mayor said that the county has provided excuses every month that have delayed the village’s landmark designation of the preserve, which has been a point of discussion for the village since March. “What’s the excuse that’s going to happen next month from the Continued on Page 35