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TOWN BEACH PARK TO GET COUNTY LEGISLATOR MILLIONS FOR UPGRADES JUDI BOSWORTH?
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6th Precinct prep begins as reopen nears
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Inspector promoted as commanding officer, building updates underway BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The Nassau County Police Department has begun staffing arrangements and projects to update the 6th Precinct headquarters in Manhasset, county officials told Blank Slate Media, although an exact opening date is unclear. “We are working with the Police Department and undertaking the necessary work projects and look forward to reopening soon,” said Karen Contino, a Nassau County spokeswoman. Detective Lt. Richard LeBrun, the commanding officer of the public information office, said that “infrastructure modifications” to the 6th" Precinct’s old building in Manhasset are underway and staffing is being arranged. Currently, it serves as a community policing center. “With that said, the department has promoted an Inspector to be assigned as the Commanding
Officer and is working on supplementing administrative staff to be assigned there,” LeBrun said via email, adding that the officer’s name “will be announced when we open it.” Nassau County merged the 6th Precinct with the 3rd" in 2012 as part of an effort to save costs as the county faced a deficit. But the move prompted a steady drumbeat of concerns from North Shore residents about safety. North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, who protested the initial closure when she was a county legislator for the 10th" District in 2012, said she is “extremely pleased” the county is taking steps to reopen it. “The closing of the former Sixth Precinct was an ill-conceived plan from the start; the cost-savings that were promised never materialized and police protection for those residents was spread too thin,” Bosworth said in a written Continued on Page 53
PHOTO BY TERI WEST
Ron Cohen, left, and his son Darren Cohen are the current owners of Hiram Cohen & Son, which turns 100 this year. Ron Cohen’s grandfather Hiram Cohen founded the company. See story on page 2.
Old Westbury shooting injures 2 at house party BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
dispute at a house party. Old Westbury police responded to a call at a Pinetree A shooting in Old Westbury Lane residence at 3:16 a.m., acleft two people injured early cording to police. Two victims Saturday morning, police said, were taken to a hospital with following what they say was a nonlife-threatening injuries.
Old Westbury Police Chief Robert Glaser said the shooting, which he described as “rare,” was likely sparked by a dispute at a house party. “I don’t know what the Continued on Page 55
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