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Friday, February 22, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 8
HEALTH & WELLNESS
RAISING MONEY IN NASSAU OFFICIALS BLAST NEPHEW’S MEMORY AMAZON QUITTING QUEENS
PAGES 35-46
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Old Westbury bans disorderly village parties
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ROBOT COMPETES
Gives police authority to disband gathering after chief’s proposal BY T E R I W EST The Village of Old Westbury code now specifically defines and prohibits “nuisance parties” and grants village police the authority to shut them down, after an amendment that passed unanimously Tuesday night. The amendment includes a list of 11 qualities that, either individually or combined, qualify a gathering as a nuisance party. They include unlawfully loud noise, disorderly conduct and outdoor urination or defecation in public view. “We have had at least a couple examples of where they are advertised on social media, and they can grow to as large as 400 or 500 people without regard to any of the neighboring properties,” said Village Police Chief Robert Glaser, who had recommended the amendment to the Board of Trustees last month. Once police have shut down a
nuisance party, everyone, besides the residents of the property, must leave, the new law says. The amendment penalties include fines up to $5,000 and imprisonment for up to 15 days. The village code previously only banned “public nuisances,” which it defines as threats to “public health, safety, and welfare.” The mayor is the party with the authority to enforce that part of the code and may do so by issuing a notice that must be addressed within 24 hours. The Board of Trustees also introduced a law Tuesday to regulate road repaving in the village. The intent, said Trustee Marina Chimerine, is to preserve roads when the village has recently repaved them. It would mimic a Town of North Hempstead law that bans roads from being repaved within three years after they already have been and within five years of when they were constructContinued on Page 66
PHOTO BY TERI WEST
Pam Danbusky and Russell Plotnitzky work with Patricia, a robot Plotnitzky and his Roslyn Space Turkey teammates created. See story on page 3
Historic marker placed at Roslyn Grist Mill site BY T E R I W EST The Roslyn Landmark Society welcomed a new addition to the Roslyn Grist Mill site Wednesday: a blue marker with yellow lettering that ex-
plains the mill’s history. In a single sentence, the marker tells how the grist mill operated for more than 150 years and was later a tea house. It comes as the Roslyn Landmark Society continues to
restore the site. “Really it’s the first time that when people drive by there they get an understanding of what this building is,” said Roslyn Landmark Society Continued on Page 77
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