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Friday, November 16, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 46
HOLIDAY GIFT, DINING GUIDE
BRANCIFORTE IN HALL OF FAME
PLAN FOR L.I. WITH DEMS IN CONTROL OF STATE
PAGES 37-44
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In reversal, Curran OKs 6th Precinct
HONORING VETS
County executive had threatened lawsuit over budget amendment BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Just last week, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran moved to sue the county Legislature over changes made to the budget to add $1.6 million to reopen the 6th and 8th police precincts. But on Monday, she stood beside Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams to announce that the county would begin opening the closed precincts next year. “When I ran for county executive, I recognized the need to reopen the 6th and the 8th precincts,” she said at a news conference in Manhasset. “Today I announce that becomes a reality.” The 6th Precinct in Manhasset was absorbed into the 3rd Precinct in Williston Park in 2012 under County Executive Edward Mangano as a cost-saving measure. Politicians and residents have pushed for its return over the past six years.!But Nassau County, con-
tinuing to operate under the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, has not been able to find money for it. Curran’s original! $3.075 billion budget did not include money to reopen the precincts. But the Nassau Legislature voted unanimously last month to reopen the 6th Precinct and the 8th Precinct in Levittown and set aside the money to do so. Shortly after the measure passed, Curran said she would veto the precinct openings, saying that the county did not have the money to do so and that it would be an “empty gesture,” adding that the county Police Department did not have enough detectives. Curran’s threat to sue came over the Legislature’s increasing the estimated revenue reaped from the sales tax. Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) said that the county had the money to reopen the preContinued on Page 79
PHOTO BY MAYLAN L. STUDART
Roslyn Harbor Mayor Louis Badolato with members of American Legion Manhasset Post 304 at Sunday’s Veterans Day ceremony. See story on page 2.
Roslyn man sentenced for stealing $4.5M from mom BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
from his mother. Prosecutors said the money was used to “fund a lavish lifeA Roslyn man was sen- style” that included a $100,000 tenced last Thursday to three bottle of champagne, private to nine years in prison for jets, football tickets and other stealing more than $4.5 million expenses.
Samuel Bernstein, 24, pleaded guilty on Aug. 29 to grand larceny in the second degree. He originally faced charges of!first-degree grand larceny and second-degree aggravated Continued on Page 67
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