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Friday, May 5, 2017
Vol. 5, No. 18
MOTHER’S DAY GIFT & DINING GUIDE
HIKE IN F. HILL SMOKING AGE
MARAGOS EXPLAINS COUNTY NUMBERS
PAGES 37-44
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Krumpter criticizes policing bill
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Drucker says it will improve Roslyn Rd. BY M A X Z A H N Above the hum of midmorning traďŹƒc on Roslyn Road, Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker (D-Plainview) spoke on Monday alongside East Williston school district oďŹƒcials to promote a bill that he said would increase traďŹƒc safety on a dangerous stretch of the roadway. Later that evening, acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said the legislation “serves no purpose.â€? The bill, proposed by Drucker last Thursday, would require police to concentrate resources to prioritize the protection of houses of worship, religious institutions and dangerous stretches of roadway like the corner of Roslyn Road and Locust Lane. “To suggest somehow to prioritize what we do with policing based on legislation is to suggest that we don’t already prioritize policing based on need and resources,â€? Krumpter said on Monday. The Police Duties bill, which Continued on Page 62
PHOTO COURTESY TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD
North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and other town officials attended last year’s Asian-American Festival. This year’s event will be held on May 20 beginning at noon at North Hempstead Beach Park.
Residents seek to save Mackay estate Dozens pack Planning Board meeting on a proposed subdivision BY M A X Z A H N Dozens of East Hills residents sought to prevent the demolition of a lavish East Hills property, formerly owned by the famed Mackay family, which lies at the heart of a subdivision
application presented before the village’s Planning Board on Thursday. “Whether a historic building is destroyed is in your hands,� Howard Kroplick, the North Hempstead Town historian and a resident of East Hills for 33 years, said to the board. “It’s your responsibility to consider the impact of a large subdivision on residents now and in the future.� Residents Steven and
Wendy Shenfeld own the 2.23acre property and are seeking to demolish its two-story mansion and develop a four-house subdivision at 2A Melby Lane. The mansion, known as the Stone House, was built by John Mackay in 1924 as a smaller replica of a 688-acre estate at Harbor Hill that belonged to his father, Clarence. The ďŹ rst John Mackay, Clarence’s father, was an Irish immigrant who built the family’s
wealth on proďŹ ts generated by a silver deposit found in the mid1800s during the Gold Rush. “No variance is required for the subdivision. It complies with village regulations,â€? said Andrea Tsoukalas, an attorney representing the applicants on behalf of the ďŹ rm Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana LLP. Tsoukalas said each of the four proposed lots exceeds the Continued on Page 61
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