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Vol. 12, No. 14
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Flower Hill sees village tax hike Board approves 14.1% increase BY C A M E RY N O A K ES
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Harbor Hill second graders sang in a concert. See story on page 41.
Major crimes continue to fall in Nassau County police department website shows 10.43% decrease in Jan. vs. last year BY C A M E RY N O A K ES Nassau County crime is apparently down in the first month of the year with double-digit drops in total major crimes throughout the county and in the 3rd and 6th Precincts. The Nassau County Police’s crime statistics reporting database, known as Strat-Com, provided updated crime data on the department’s web-
site that shows crime rates from Jan. 1 through Jan. 29 of the year. It also compares the crime statistics to the same period in 2023. While the dataset states the statistics are for these periods, there are date discrepancies in the provided statistical graphs. Efforts to reach the Nassau County Police for clarification were unavailing.
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The Village of Flower Hill is increasing its taxes by 14.1% in the next fiscal year, which the village attributed in part to the new cost of its private security patrol. “We want to have a certain level of service we provide to our residents,” Rosenbaum said. “There’s nothing really else to cut in our budget. It’s a tough one.” The village’s Board of Trustees voted to approve its $4,098,437 budget for 2024-2025 Monday night, which is a 2% increase from the current budget. The 14.1% village tax increase amounts to a $197,560 increase in taxes needed to be raised. But while village taxes will be rising by about 14%, the total taxes including those for fire service will amount to about a 9% increase. The board voted to pierce the 2% tax cap, which Randall Rosenbaum said was necessary but an action he took with reluctance. Mary Joe Collins, who also serves as the town’s receiver of taxes, abstained from the vote. Driving the budget are added costs for a private security patrol, which is increasing the village’s code enforcement expense by 62%. “I would prefer not to spend this money but I’ve heard from enough people who want us to spend on some sort of security patrol,” Rosenbaum Continued on Page 42
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In January, total major crimes were down 10.43% county-wide. All other crimes in the county diminished by 13.77% during this period compared to the year prior, constituting a 12.9% drop in all crimes. Overall, 481 major crimes and 1,328 other crimes were reported throughout the county in January, adding up to a total of 1,809 crimes. In January of 2023, a total of 2,077
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crimes were reported in the county. Seven of the eight county precincts reported drops in major crime rates in January. This county-wide drop in crime coincides with an overall 6.46% decrease in major crimes over the first 11 months of 2023, showing a continued trend of crime rates dropping since the 41% spike in 2022. Continued on Page 43
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