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Friday, March 1, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 9
HOME & DESIGN
BUCKLEY SEEKS LOT RENOVATION
MANGANO CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEGIN
PAGES 35-54
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Police saved man who lost his legs: PBA
T U G O F WA R
Legislature honors officers, medic from Feb. 13 construction accident BY T E R I W EST When police responded to an emergency at a construction site in Roslyn Heights Feb. 13, Adam Meyer, a former U.S. Army combat field medic, happened to be one of the officers. He and his colleagues arrived to find a construction worker in critical condition, with both of his legs severed after a steel plate weighing more than 2,500"pounds fell on them. Meyer and Officer Michael Kenney used tourniquets to ease the victim’s bleeding, an effort that a trauma surgeon said saved the worker’s life, said Nassau Police Benevolent Association president James McDermott. The officers along with Police Medic Cathleen Fay were honored by the Nassau County Legislature Monday for their efforts at the legislature’s monthly “Top Cops” recognition. “This man can now live on and
he can continue his life,” Legislator Laura Schaefer (R-Westbury) told the officers. “I want to thank you because that’s probably the greatest gift you can give to somebody is to save their life.” The victim, 39, was pinned into an approximately 10-footdeep hole when the steel plate fell on him. By entering the hole, Meyer and Kenney risked their lives because the walls could have collapsed, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. “We’re always asked to put ourselves out there and be that first line of defense,” he said. “They were the first line of defense for that man that day, and because of the work that they did, they saved their life. So they truly are heroes.” The incident occurred at 8:05 a.m. around Corncrib Lane and Locust Lane, the police reported that day. The tourniquet that Meyer Continued on Page 74
PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTH SHORE SCHOOLS
North Shore Middle School students participate in the school’s annual “Team Challenge.” See story on page 22.
Villages zone marijuana despite gov’s 100K plan BY T E R I W EST Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed recreational marijuana program, as outlined in his budget proposal, allows counties and cities with populations
of at least 100,000 to opt-out of allowing marijuana to be sold, while municipalities may only regulate the stores’ “time, place and manner.” Some Nassau County villages, however, have already
started readying or passing legislation to pre-emptively ban marijuana retail stores, and opinions differ from village to village about how such legislation would fare under the curContinued on Page 73
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